UDT-to-UDT Conversion | Teradata Vantage - UDT-to-UDT Conversion - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.10
Published
July 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-07-27
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Converts a UDT expression to a different UDT type.

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 ( UDT_expression AS UDT_data_type )

Syntax Elements

UDT_expression
An expression that results in a UDT data type.
UDT_data_type

The UDT type, followed by any FORMAT, NAMED or TITLE data attribute phrases, to which the expression is to be converted.