Type Casts

Expression	Example	Description
CAST(expr AS type)	CAST(1.25 AS FLOAT)	Converts an expression to another data type. For conversions to a TEXT type, use TRY_CAST.
TRY_CAST(text_expr AS type)	CAST('1.25' AS FLOAT)	Converts a text to a non-text type, returning null if the conversion could not be successfully performed.
ENCODE_TEXT(none_encoded_str)	ENCODE_TEXT(long_str)	Converts a none-encoded text type to a dictionary-encoded text type.

The following table shows cast type conversion support.

FROM/TO:

TINYINT

SMALLINT

INTEGER

BIGINT

FLOAT

DOUBLE

DECIMAL

TEXT

BOOLEAN

DATE

TIME

TIMESTAMP

TINYINT

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

n/a

SMALLINT

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

n/a

INTEGER

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

BIGINT

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

FLOAT

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

DOUBLE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

No

Yes

No

No

No

n/a

DECIMAL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

No

No

No

n/a

TEXT

Yes (Use TRY_CAST)

Yes (Use TRY_CAST)

Yes (Use TRY_CAST)

Yes (Use TRY_CAST)

Yes (Use TRY_CAST)

Yes (Use TRY_CAST)

Yes (Use TRY_CAST)

-

Yes (Use TRY_CAST)

Yes (Use TRY_CAST)

Yes (Use TRY_CAST)

Yes (Use TRY_CAST)

BOOLEAN

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

DATE

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

n/a

-

No

Yes

TIME

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

n/a

No

-

n/a

TIMESTAMP

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

n/a

Yes

No

-