Example: Implicit Type Conversion in Parameter Passing Operations - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-22
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

Consider the SQRT system function that computes the square root of an argument.

In the following statement, Teradata Database implicitly converts the character argument to a FLOAT type:

SELECT SQRT('13147688');