IS CASTABLE¶

The IsCastable function checks whether a data type cast operation is supported for any given rows. If the cast is not supported, the CASE statement handles the exception by providing an alternative.

Tip

See BLUE supported casts table

Syntax¶

-- Checking if a cast is supported for literal value:

SELECT
   IsCastable(
    BOOL
    | TINYINT
    | SMALLINT
    | INT
    | BIGINT
    | REAL
    | DOUBLE
    | FLOAT
    | TEXT
    | NUMERIC
    | DATE
    | DATETIME
    | ARRAY
        , BOOL
      | TINYINT
      | SMALLINT
      | INT
      | BIGINT
      | REAL
      | DOUBLE
      | FLOAT
      | TEXT
      | NUMERIC
      | DATE
      | DATETIME
      | ARRAY
        )

-- Checking if cast is supported for columns:

SELECT
   IsCastable(
    <column_name>,
        BOOL
    | TINYINT
    | SMALLINT
    | INT
    | BIGINT
    | REAL
    | DOUBLE
    | FLOAT
    | TEXT
    | NUMERIC
    | DATE
    | DATETIME
    | ARRAY
        )
FROM
<table_name>;

-- Returns query result set

SELECT
  <colum_mame>,
  CASE
    WHEN IsCastable(
     <colum_mame>,
     BOOL
     | TINYINT
     | SMALLINT
     | INT
     | BIGINT
     | REAL
     | DOUBLE
     | TEXT
     | NUMERIC
     | DATE
     | DATETIME
     )
    THEN
         <colum_mame> ::
     BOOL
     | TINYINT
     | SMALLINT
     | INT
     | BIGINT
     | REAL
     | DOUBLE
     | TEXT
     | NUMERIC
     | DATE
     | DATETIME
    ELSE <expression>
  END
FROM
<table_mame>;

Return¶

IsCastable returns:

1 when the cast is supported
0 if the cast is not supported
Your query result set if used within a CASE statement

Example¶

SELECT number,
  CASE
    WHEN IsCastable(number, DOUBLE) THEN number :: DOUBLE
    ELSE NULL
  END
FROM
my_numbers;