tryCast

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This procedure attempts to cast a value to the specific type and returns NULL instead of an error when this is not possible. If the original value is NULL, the returned value will also be NULL.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`originalValue`	Original value as an object
`targetType`	Target type name as string; mandatory

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
`newValue`	object	Value cast to the new type

Examples

1. Valid integer value as an integer; returns a value:

SQL

CALL UTILS.tryCast(
    originalValue => '123',
    targetType => 'integer'
);;

2. Invalid decimal value as a decimal; returns NULL:

SQL

CALL UTILS.tryCast(
    originalValue => 'abc',
    targetType => 'decimal'
);;

3. Valid decimal value as an integer; returns NULL:

SQL

CALL UTILS.tryCast(
    originalValue => '10.25',
    targetType => 'integer'
);;

Auto-parsing is available for these strings:

date:
yyyy-MM-dd

timestamp:
yyyy-MM-dd
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S
yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss
yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.S