ANSI Compliance
This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.
As an extension to ANSI, CAST permits the use of character data attribute phrases.
Syntax
CAST ( period_expression AS character_data_type [ CHARACTER SET server_character_set ] [ data_attribute [...] ] )
Syntax Elements
- period_expression
The Period expression to be converted.
- character_data_type
The data type to which the expression is to be converted.
- server_character_set
The server character set to use for the conversion. If the CHARACTER SET clause is omitted, the user default server character set is used.
- data_attribute
- One of the following data attributes:
- FORMAT
- NAMED
- TITLE