Example: Using CAST to Convert INTERVAL MONTH Values - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

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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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Consider the following table definition:

CREATE TABLE sales_intervals 
   ( sdate DATE
   , sinterval INTERVAL MONTH
   , stotals DECIMAL(5,0));

The following query uses CAST to convert INTERVAL MONTH values in the sinterval column to INTEGER.

SELECT stotals,
   (EXTRACT (MONTH FROM sdate)) + (CAST(sinterval AS INTEGER))
FROM sales_intervals;