Type Conversions
Applies to: ✅ Data Cloud SQL ✅ Tableau Hyper API
Converting from one data type to another can be done using CAST
or TRY_CAST
.
The SQL CAST
function converts a value from one type to another. If the
type conversion fails, an error will be thrown.
In contrast, the TRY_CAST
function returns NULL if the conversion fails.
The syntax ::
is equivalent CAST
.
Examples: