CAST Numeric-to-Character Conversion | Teradata Vantage - Numeric-to-Character Conversion with CAST - 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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ANSI Compliance

This statement is ANSI SQL:2011 compliant.

As an extension to ANSI, CAST permits the use of data attribute phrases such as FORMAT.

Syntax

CAST (
  numeric_expression AS character_data_type
  [ data_attribute [...] ]
)

Syntax Elements

numeric_expression
The numeric data expression to be cast to a character type.
character_data_type

The data type to which the expression is to be converted.

data_attribute
One of the following data attributes:
  • CHARACTER SET
  • FORMAT
  • NAMED
  • TITLE