AS_INTEGER

Strict casting VARIANT values to BIGINT 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_INTEGER( <variant> )

Arguments

Arguments	Description
<variant>	The VARIANT value

Return Type

BIGINT

Examples

SELECT as_integer(parse_json('123'));
+-------------------------------+
| as_integer(parse_json('123')) |
+-------------------------------+
| 123                           |
+-------------------------------+

SELECT as_integer(parse_json('-456'));
+--------------------------------+
| as_integer(parse_json('-456')) |
+--------------------------------+
| -456                           |
+--------------------------------+

-- Returns NULL for non-integer values
SELECT as_integer(parse_json('12.34'));
+---------------------------------+
| as_integer(parse_json('12.34')) |
+---------------------------------+
| NULL                            |
+---------------------------------+