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ANSI Compliance

CAST is ANSI SQL:2011 compliant, provided the syntax does not specify data attributes.

Syntax

CAST (byte_expression AS
  {
    { byte_data_type | UDT_data_type } [ data_attribute [...] ] |
    data_attribute [...]
  }
)

Syntax Elements

byte_expression

An expression in byte format to be cast to a different data definition.

byte_data_type

The new byte type to which byte_expression is to be converted.

UDT_data_type

A UDT that has a cast definition that casts the byte type to the UDT.

To define a cast for a UDT, use the CREATE CAST statement. For more information on CREATE CAST, see Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples.

data_attribute

One of the following data attributes:

• FORMAT
• NAMED
• TITLE