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.

If expr is a STRING that cannot be parsed as a number, Azure Databricks raises a CAST_INVALID_INPUT error. If the value overflows the BIGINT range, Azure Databricks raises a CAST_OVERFLOW error.

Common error conditions

• CAST_INVALID_INPUT
• CAST_OVERFLOW

Examples

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

> SELECT bigint('abc');
  Error: CAST_INVALID_INPUT

Related functions

• cast function