bigint function

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime

Casts the value expr to BIGINT. This function is a synonym for CAST(expr AS BIGINT). See cast function for details.

Syntax

bigint(expr)

Arguments

• expr: Any expression which is castable to BIGINT.

Returns

A BIGINT.

Examples

> SELECT bigint(current_timestamp);
 1616168320
> SELECT bigint('5');
 5

Related functions

• cast function