Example: Implicit Type Conversion During Comparison - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-11-06
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

Consider the table T1 in Example: Implicit Type Conversion During Assignment.

In the following statement, Vantage implicitly converts both operands of the comparison operation to FLOAT values before performing the comparison:

SELECT Fname, Fid
FROM T1
WHERE T1.Yrs < 55;