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farmFingerprint64 function - Amazon Redshift
SyntaxArgumentReturn typeExample

Amazon Redshift will no longer support the use of Python UDFs after June 30, 2026. We will start enforcing it in phases. For more information on the details of Python end of life and migration options, see the blog post that was published on June 30, 2025.

farmFingerprint64 function

Computes the farmhash value of the input argument using the Fingerprint64 function.

Syntax

farmFingerprint64(expression)

Argument

expression

The input expression must be a VARCHAR or VARBYTE data type.

Return type

The farmFingerprint64 function returns a BIGINT.

Example

The following example returns the farmFingerprint64 value of Amazon Redshift that is input as a VARCHAR data type. 

SELECT farmFingerprint64('Amazon Redshift');
  
  farmfingerprint64
---------------------
 8085098817162212970

The following example returns the farmFingerprint64 value of Amazon Redshift that is input as a VARBYTE data type. 

SELECT farmFingerprint64('Amazon Redshift'::varbyte);
  
  farmfingerprint64
---------------------
 8085098817162212970