Example: TRYCAST Conversion Failure - 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„¢

An example of when the TRYCAST conversion fails:

SELECT TRYCAST('abc' AS DECIMAL(5,2));

Result:

 *** Query completed. One row found. One column returned.
 *** Total elapsed time was 1 second.

TRYCAST('abc')
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