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CONVERT

Description

The CONVERT() function converts a value into the specified datatype or character set.

Syntax

> CONVERT(value, type)

Or:

> CONVERT(value USING charset)

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
value Required. The value to convert.
datatype Required. The datatype to convert to.
charset Required. The character set to convert to.

Currently, convert can support following conversion:

  • Conversion between numeric types, mainly including SIGNED, UNSIGNED, FLOAT, and DOUBLE type.
  • Numeric types to character CHAR type.
  • Numeric character types to numerical types(negative into SIGNED).

Examples

mysql> select convert(150,char);
+-------------------+
| cast(150 as char) |
+-------------------+
| 150               |
+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

CREATE TABLE t1(a tinyint);
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (127);

mysql> SELECT 1 FROM
  -> (SELECT CONVERT(t2.a USING UTF8) FROM t1, t1 t2 LIMIT 1) AS s LIMIT 1;
+------+
| 1    |
+------+
|    1 |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Constraints

  • Non-numeric character types cannot be converted to numeric types.
  • Numeric and character types with formats of Data cannot be converted to Date.
  • Date and Datetime types cannot be converted to character types.
  • Date and Datetime cannot be converted to each other.