Numeric-to-Numeric Conversion | Data Types and Literals | Teradata Vantage - Numeric-to-Numeric Conversion - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

Converts a numeric expression defined with one data type to a different numeric data type.

CAST Syntax

CAST ( numeric_expression AS
  {
    numeric_data_type [ data_attribute [...] |
    [ data_attribute [...] ]
  }
)

numeric_expression

An expression or existing field having a numeric data type.

numeric_data_type

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

data_attribute

One of the following data attributes:

• FORMAT
• NAMED
• TITLE