Data Type Conversion

MatrixOne supports the conversion between different data types, the supported and unsupported conversions are listed in the following table.

• Castable: explicit conversion with cast function.

• Coercible: implicit conversion without cast function.

Source Data Type	Target Data Type	Castable	Coercible
BOOLEAN	INTEGER	✔	✔
	DECIMAL	❌	❌
	VARCHAR	✔	✔
DATE	TIMESTAMP	✔	✔
	DATETIME	✔	✔
	VARCHAR	✔	✔
DATETIME	TIMESTAMP	✔	✔
	DATE	✔	✔
	VARCHAR	✔	✔
FLOAT(Floating-point number)	INTEGER	✔	✔
	DECIMAL	✔	✔
	VARCHAR	✔	✔
INTEGER	BOOLEAN	✔	✔
	FLOAT	✔	✔
	TIMESTAMP	✔	✔
	VARCHAR	✔	✔
	DECIMAL	✔	✔
TIMESTAMP	DATE	✔	✔
	DATETIME	✔	✔
	VARCHAR	✔	✔
VARCHAR	BOOLEAN	✔	✔
	DATE	✔	✔
	FLOAT	✔	✔
	INTEGER	✔	✔
	DECIMAL	✔	✔
	TIMESTAMP	✔	✔
	DATETIME	✔	✔