AS_BINARY

Strict casting VARIANT values to BINARY data type. If the input data type is not VARIANT, the output is NULL. If the type of value in the VARIANT does not match the output value, the output is NULL.

Syntax

AS_BINARY( <variant> )

Arguments

Arguments	Description
<variant>	The VARIANT value

Return Type

BINARY

Examples

SELECT as_binary(to_binary('abcd')::variant);
+---------------------------------------+
| as_binary(to_binary('abcd')::variant) |
+---------------------------------------+
| 61626364                              |
+---------------------------------------+

SELECT as_binary(to_binary('hello')::variant);
+-----------------------------------------+
| as_binary(to_binary('hello')::variant) |
+-----------------------------------------+
| 68656C6C6F                              |
+-----------------------------------------+

-- Returns NULL for non-binary values
SELECT as_binary(parse_json('"text"'));
+---------------------------------+
| as_binary(parse_json('"text"')) |
+---------------------------------+
| NULL                            |
+---------------------------------+