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Type Conversion

Notice: Some of the examples below are referenced from ClickHouse Documentation but have been adapted and modified to work in ByConity.

CAST​

Converts an input value to the specified data type. Unlike the reinterpret function, CAST tries to present the same value using the new data type. If the conversion can not be done then an exception is raised.

Syntax

CAST(x, T)
CAST(x AS t)

Arguments

  • x — A value to convert. May be of any type.
  • T — The name of the target data type. String.
  • t — The target data type.

Returned value

  • Converted value. !!! note "Note" If the input value does not fit the bounds of the target type, the result overflows. For example, CAST(-1, 'UInt8') returns 255 .

Examples

SELECT CAST(toInt8(-1), 'UInt8') AS cast_int_to_uint, CAST(1.5 AS Decimal(3,2)) AS cast_float_to_decimal;
┌─cast_int_to_uint─┬─cast_float_to_decimal─┐
│ 255              │ 1.50                  │
└──────────────────┴───────────────────────┘
SELECT
    '2016-06-15 23:00:00' AS timestamp,
    CAST(timestamp AS DateTime) AS datetime,
    CAST(timestamp AS Date) AS date,
    CAST(timestamp, 'String') AS string,
    CAST(timestamp, 'FixedString(22)') AS fixed_string;
┌─timestamp───────────┬─datetime────────────┬─date───────┬─string──────────────┬─fixed_string────────┐
│ 2016-06-15 23:00:00 │ 2016-06-15 23:00:00 │ 2016-06-15 │ 2016-06-15 23:00:00 │ 2016-06-15 23:00:00 │
└─────────────────────┴─────────────────────┴────────────┴─────────────────────┴─────────────────────┘

Conversion to FixedString(N) only works for arguments of type String or FixedString.

Type conversion to Nullable and back is supported.

SELECT toTypeName(number) FROM numbers(2);
┌─toTypeName(number)─┐
│ UInt64             │
│ UInt64             │
└────────────────────┘
SELECT toTypeName(CAST(number, 'Nullable(UInt64)')) FROM numbers(2);
┌─toTypeName(CAST(number, 'Nullable(UInt64)'))─┐
│ Nullable(UInt64)                             │
│ Nullable(UInt64)                             │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘

reinterpretAsDate​

These functions accept a string and interpret the bytes placed at the beginning of the string as a number in host order (little endian). If the string isn’t long enough, the functions work as if the string is padded with the necessary number of null bytes. If the string is longer than needed, the extra bytes are ignored. A date is interpreted as the number of days since the beginning of the Unix Epoch.

Syntax

reinterpretAsDate(fixed_string)

Arguments

  • fixed_string — String with bytes representation.

Returned value

  • DateTime.

Examples

SELECT reinterpretAsDate(reinterpretAsString(toDate('2019-01-01')));
┌─reinterpretAsDate(reinterpretAsString(toDate('2019-01-01')))─┐
│ 2019-01-01                                                   │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

reinterpretAsDateTime​

These functions accept a string and interpret the bytes placed at the beginning of the string as a number in host order (little endian). If the string isn’t long enough, the functions work as if the string is padded with the necessary number of null bytes. If the string is longer than needed, the extra bytes are ignored. A date is interpreted as the number of days since the beginning of the Unix Epoch, and a date with time is interpreted as the number of seconds since the beginning of the Unix Epoch.

Syntax

reinterpretAsDateTime(fixed_string)

Arguments

  • fixed_string — String with bytes representation.

Returned value

  • DateTime.

Examples

SELECT reinterpretAsDateTime(reinterpretAsString(toDateTime('2019-01-01 00:00:00')));
┌─reinterpretAsDateTime(reinterpretAsString(toDateTime('2019-01-01 00:00:00')))─┐
│ 2019-01-01 00:00:00                                                           │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

reinterpretAsFixedString​

This function accepts a number or date or date with time, and returns a FixedString containing bytes representing the corresponding value in host order (little endian). Null bytes are dropped from the end. For example, a UInt32 type value of 255 is a FixedString that is one byte long.

Syntax

reinterpretAsFixedString(x)

Arguments

  • x — a number or date or date with time.

Returned value

  • FixedString.

Examples

SELECT reinterpretAsFixedString(toDate('2019-01-01'));
┌─reinterpretAsFixedString(toDate('2019-01-01'))─┐
│ �E                                             │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

reinterpretAsString​

This function accepts a number or date or date with time, and returns a string containing bytes representing the corresponding value in host order (little endian). Null bytes are dropped from the end. For example, a UInt32 type value of 255 is a string that is one byte long.

Syntax

reinterpretAsString(value)

Arguments

  • value — a number or date or date with time

Returned value

  • String with bytes representation.

Examples

SELECT reinterpretAsString(toDate('2019-01-01'));
┌─reinterpretAsString(toDate('2019-01-01'))─┐
│ �E                                        │
└───────────────────────────────────────────┘

toDate​

converts a String, Date, DateTime, UInt* number to Date type. toDate

Syntax

toDate(time)

Arguments

  • time — a String, Date, DateTime, UInt* number.

Returned value

  • Date

Examples

SELECT toDate('2019-01-01');
┌─cast_int_to_uint─┬─cast_float_to_decimal─┐
│ 255              │ 1.50                  │
└──────────────────┴───────────────────────┘
SELECT toDate(1);
┌─toDate(1)──┐
│ 1970-01-02 │
└────────────┘
SELECT toDate(toDateTime('2019-01-01 00:00:00'));
┌─toDate(toDateTime('2019-01-01 00:00:00'))─┐
│ 2019-01-01                                │
└───────────────────────────────────────────┘

toDecimal(32|64)​

Converts value to the Decimal data type with precision of S . The value can be a number or a string. The S (scale) parameter specifies the number of decimal places.

Syntax

toDecimal32(value, S)
toDecimal64(value, S)

Arguments

  • value - can be a number or a string
  • S (scale) parameter specifies the number of decimal places.

Returned value

  • Decimal

Examples

SELECT toDecimal32(1, 2)
┌─toDecimal32(1, 2)─┐
│ 1.00              │
└───────────────────┘
SELECT toDecimal32('1', 2)
┌─toDecimal32('1', 2)─┐
│ 1.00                │
└─────────────────────┘

toDecimal(32|64)OrNull​

Converts an input string to a Nullable(Decimal(P,S)) data type value.

These functions should be used instead of toDecimal*() functions, if you prefer to get a NULL value instead of an exception in the event of an input value parsing error.

Syntax

toDecimal32OrNull(expr, S)
toDecimal64OrNull(expr, S)

Arguments

  • expr — Expression, returns a value in the String data type. ByConity expects the textual representation of the decimal number. For example, '1.111' .
  • S — Scale, the number of decimal places in the resulting value.

Returned value A value in the Nullable(Decimal(P,S)) data type. The value contains:

  • Number with S decimal places, if ByConity interprets the input string as a number.
  • NULL , if ByConity can’t interpret the input string as a number or if the input number contains more than S decimal places.

Examples

SELECT toDecimal32OrNull(toString(-1.111), 5) AS val, toTypeName(val);
┌─val──────┬─toTypeName(toDecimal32OrNull(toString(-1.111), 5))─┐
│ -1.11100 │ Nullable(Decimal(9, 5))                            │
└──────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
SELECT toDecimal32OrNull(toString(-1.111), 2) AS val, toTypeName(val);
┌─val──┬─toTypeName(toDecimal32OrNull(toString(-1.111), 2))─┐
│ ᴺᵁᴸᴸ │ Nullable(Decimal(9, 2))                            │
└──────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

toDecimal(32|64)OrZero​

Converts an input value to the Decimal(P,S) data type.

These functions should be used instead of toDecimal*() functions, if you prefer to get a 0 value instead of an exception in the event of an input value parsing error.

Syntax

toDecimal32OrZero( expr, S)
toDecimal64OrZero( expr, S)

Arguments

  • expr — Expression data type. ByConity expects the textual representation of the decimal number. For example, '1.111' .
  • S — Scale, the number of decimal places in the resulting value.

Returned value A value in the Nullable(Decimal(P,S)) data type. The value contains:

  • Number with S decimal places, if ByConity interprets the input string as a number.
  • 0 with S decimal places, if ByConity can’t interpret the input string as a number or if the input number contains more than S decimal places.

Example

SELECT toDecimal32OrZero(toString(-1.111), 5) AS val, toTypeName(val);
┌─val──────┬─toTypeName(toDecimal32OrZero(toString(-1.111), 5))─┐
│ -1.11100 │ Decimal(9, 5)                                      │
└──────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
SELECT toDecimal32OrZero(toString(-1.111), 2) AS val, toTypeName(val);
┌─val──┬─toTypeName(toDecimal32OrZero(toString(-1.111), 2))─┐
│ 0.00 │ Decimal(9, 2)                                      │
└──────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

toFixedString​

Converts a String type argument to a FixedString(N) type (a string with fixed length N). N must be a constant.

If the string has fewer bytes than N, it is padded with null bytes to the right. If the string has more bytes than N, an exception is thrown.

Syntax

toFixedString(s, N)

Arguments

  • s — String.
  • N — a constant.

Returned value

  • FixedString

Example

SELECT toFixedString('1234', 5)
┌─toFixedString('1234', 5)─┐
│ 1234                     │
└──────────────────────────┘

toInt(8|16|32|64)​

Converts an input value to the Int data type.

Syntax

toInt8(expr)
toInt16(expr)
toInt32(expr)
toInt64(expr)

Arguments

  • expr — Expression returning a number or a string with the decimal representation of a number. Binary, octal, and hexadecimal representations of numbers are not supported. Leading zeroes are stripped.

Returned value

  • Integer value in the Int8 , Int16 , Int32 , Int64 data type.

Functions use rounding towards zero , meaning they truncate fractional digits of numbers.

The behavior of functions for the NaN and Inf arguments is undefined.

When you convert a value from one to another data type, you should remember that in common case, it is an unsafe operation that can lead to a data loss. A data loss can occur if you try to fit value from a larger data type to a smaller data type, or if you convert values between different data types.

ByConity has the same behavior as C++ programs.

Example

SELECT toInt64(nan), toInt32(32), toInt16('16'), toInt8(8.8);
┌─toInt64(nan)─────────┬─toInt32(32)─┬─toInt16('16')─┬─toInt8(8.8)─┐
│ -9223372036854775808 │ 32          │ 16            │ 8           │
└──────────────────────┴─────────────┴───────────────┴─────────────┘

toInt(8|16|32|64)OrNull​

It takes an argument of type String and tries to parse it into Int (8 | 16 | 32 | 64). If failed, returns NULL.

Syntax

toInt8OrNull(expr)
toInt16OrNull(expr)
toInt32OrNull(expr)
toInt64OrNull(expr)

Arguments

  • expr — Expression returning a number or a string with the decimal representation of a number. Binary, octal, and hexadecimal representations of numbers are not supported. Leading zeroes are stripped.

Returned value

  • Integer value in the Int8 , Int16 , Int32 , Int64 data type.

Functions use rounding towards zero , meaning they truncate fractional digits of numbers.

The behavior of functions for the NaN and Inf arguments is undefined.

When you convert a value from one to another data type, you should remember that in common case, it is an unsafe operation that can lead to a data loss. A data loss can occur if you try to fit value from a larger data type to a smaller data type, or if you convert values between different data types.

ByConity has the same behavior as C++ programs.

Example

SELECT toInt64OrNull('123123'), toInt8OrNull('123qwe123');
┌─toInt64OrNull('123123')─┬─toInt8OrNull('123qwe123')─┐
│                  123123 │                      ᴺᵁᴸᴸ │
└─────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────┘

toInt(8|16|32|64)OrZero​

It takes an argument of type String and tries to parse it into Int (8 | 16 | 32 | 64 ). If failed, returns 0.

Syntax

toInt8OrZero(expr)
toInt16OrZero(expr)
toInt32OrZero(expr)
toInt64OrZero(expr)

Arguments

  • expr — Expression returning a number or a string with the decimal representation of a number. Binary, octal, and hexadecimal representations of numbers are not supported. Leading zeroes are stripped.

Returned value

  • Integer value in the Int8 , Int16 , Int32 , Int64 data type.

Functions use rounding towards zero , meaning they truncate fractional digits of numbers.

The behavior of functions for the NaN and Inf arguments is undefined.

When you convert a value from one to another data type, you should remember that in common case, it is an unsafe operation that can lead to a data loss. A data loss can occur if you try to fit value from a larger data type to a smaller data type, or if you convert values between different data types.

ByConity has the same behavior as C++ programs.

Example

SELECT toInt64OrZero('123123'), toInt8OrZero('123qwe123');
┌─toInt64OrZero('123123')─┬─toInt8OrZero('123qwe123')─┐
│ 123123                  │ 0                         │
└─────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────┘

toInterval(Year|Quarter|Month|Week|Day|Hour|Minute|Second)​

Converts a Number type argument to an Interval data type.

Syntax

toIntervalSecond(number)
toIntervalMinute(number)
toIntervalHour(number)
toIntervalDay(number)
toIntervalWeek(number)
toIntervalMonth(number)
toIntervalQuarter(number)
toIntervalYear(number)

Arguments

  • number — Duration of interval. Positive integer number.

Returned values

  • The value in Interval data type.

Example

WITH
    toDate('2019-01-01') AS date,
    INTERVAL 1 WEEK AS interval_week,
    toIntervalWeek(1) AS interval_to_week
SELECT
    date + interval_week,
    date + interval_to_week;
┌─plus(date, interval_week)─┬─plus(date, interval_to_week)─┐
│ 2019-01-08                │ 2019-01-08                   │
└───────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘

toLowCardinality​

Converts input parameter to the LowCardianlity version of same data type.

To convert data from the LowCardinality data type use the CAST function. For example, CAST(x as String) .

Syntax

toLowCardinality(expr)

Arguments

  • expr — Expression resulting in one of the supported data types.

Returned values

  • Result of expr . Type: LowCardinality(expr_result_type)

Example

SELECT toLowCardinality('1');
┌─toLowCardinality('1')─┐
│ 1                     │
└───────────────────────┘

toString​

Functions for converting between numbers, strings (but not fixed strings), dates, and dates with times.

All these functions accept one argument.

When converting to or from a string, the value is formatted or parsed using the same rules as for the TabSeparated format (and almost all other text formats). If the string can’t be parsed, an exception is thrown and the request is canceled.

When converting dates to numbers or vice versa, the date corresponds to the number of days since the beginning of the Unix epoch.

When converting dates with times to numbers or vice versa, the date with time corresponds to the number of seconds since the beginning of the Unix epoch.

The date and date-with-time formats for the toDate/toDateTime functions are defined as follows:


YYYY-MM-DD

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

As an exception, if converting from UInt32, Int32, UInt64, or Int64 numeric types to Date, and if the number is greater than or equal to 65536, the number is interpreted as a Unix timestamp (and not as the number of days) and is rounded to the date. This allows support for the common occurrence of writing ‘toDate(unix_timestamp)’, which otherwise would be an error and would require writing the more cumbersome ‘toDate(toDateTime(unix_timestamp))’.

Conversion between a date and date with time is performed the natural way: by adding a null time or dropping the time.

Conversion between numeric types uses the same rules as assignments between different numeric types in C++.

Additionally, the toString function of the DateTime argument can take a second String argument containing the name of the time zone. Example: Asia/Yekaterinburg In this case, the time is formatted according to the specified time zone.

Syntax

toString(value)

Arguments

  • value — numbers, strings, dates, and datetime

Returned values

  • String

Example

SELECT
    now() AS now_local,
    toString(now(), 'Asia/Yekaterinburg') AS now_yekat;
┌─now_local───────────┬─now_yekat───────────┐
│ 2021-08-18 15:25:59 │ 2021-08-18 12:25:59 │
└─────────────────────┴─────────────────────┘

toStringCutToZero​

Accepts a String or FixedString argument. Returns the String with the content truncated at the first zero byte found.

Syntax

toStringCutToZero(s)

Arguments

  • s — String or FixedString.

Returned values

  • truncated string

Example

SELECT toFixedString('foo', 8) AS s, toStringCutToZero(s) AS s_cut;
┌─s───┬─s_cut─┐
│ foo │ foo   │
└─────┴───────┘
SELECT toFixedString('foo\0bar', 8) AS s, toStringCutToZero(s) AS s_cut;
┌─s──────┬─s_cut─┐
│ foobar │ foo   │
└────────┴───────┘

toUInt(8|16|32|64)​

Converts an input value to the UInt data type. This function family includes:

Syntax

toUInt8(expr)
toUInt16(expr)
toUInt32(expr)
toUInt64(expr)

Arguments

  • expr — Expression returning a number or a string with the decimal representation of a number. Binary, octal, and hexadecimal representations of numbers are not supported. Leading zeroes are stripped.

Returned value

  • Integer value in the UInt8 , UInt16 , UInt32 , UInt64 data type.

Functions use rounding towards zero , meaning they truncate fractional digits of numbers.

The behavior of functions for negative agruments and for the NaN and Inf arguments is undefined. If you pass a string with a negative number, for example '-32' , ByConity raises an exception.

When you convert a value from one to another data type, you should remember that in common case, it is an unsafe operation that can lead to a data loss. A data loss can occur if you try to fit value from a larger data type to a smaller data type, or if you convert values between different data types.

ByConity has the same behavior as C++ programs.

Example

SELECT toUInt64(nan), toUInt32(-32), toUInt16('16'), toUInt8(8.8);
┌─toUInt64(nan)───────┬─toUInt32(-32)─┬─toUInt16('16')─┬─toUInt8(8.8)─┐
│ 9223372036854775808 │ 4294967264    │ 16             │ 8            │
└─────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┴──────────────┘

toUnixTimestamp​

For DateTime argument: converts value to the number with type UInt32 -- Unix Timestamp ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time ).

For String argument: converts the input string to the datetime according to the timezone (optional second argument, server timezone is used by default) and returns the corresponding unix timestamp.

Syntax

toUnixTimestamp(datetime)
toUnixTimestamp(str, [timezone])

Arguments

  • datetime — DateTime
  • str - datetime string
  • timezone(optional) - timezone

Returned value

  • Returns the unix timestamp. Type: UInt32 .

Example

SELECT toUnixTimestamp('2017-11-05 08:07:47', 'Asia/Tokyo') AS unix_timestamp
┌─unix_timestamp─┐
│ 1509836867     │
└────────────────┘
SELECT toUnixTimestamp(toDateTime('2017-11-05 08:07:47', 'Asia/Tokyo')) AS unix_timestamp
┌─unix_timestamp─┐
│ 1509836867     │
└────────────────┘