TRY_CAST

Converts a value from one data type to another. Returns NULL on error.

See also: CAST

Analyze Syntax

func.try_cast( <expr>, <data_type> )

Analyze Examples

func.try_cast(1, string)

┌──────────────────────────┐
│ func.try_cast(1, string) │
├──────────────────────────┤
│ 1                        │
└──────────────────────────┘

SQL Syntax

TRY_CAST( <expr> AS <data_type> )

SQL Examples

SELECT TRY_CAST(1 AS VARCHAR);

┌───────────────────────┐
│ try_cast(1 as string) │
├───────────────────────┤
│ 1                     │
└───────────────────────┘
Last modified April 24, 2024 at 10:11 PM EST: updating conversion functions (833d7a5)