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TO_HEX function

TO_HEX converts a number or binary value to a hexadecimal representation.

Syntax

TO_HEX(value)

Arguments

Return type

VARCHAR

Examples

To convert a number to its hexadecimal representation, use the following example.

SELECT TO_HEX(2147676847);
               
+----------+
|  to_hex  |
+----------+
| 8002f2af |
+----------+

To convert the VARBYTE representation of 'abc' to a hexadecimal number, use the followign example.

SELECT TO_HEX('abc'::VARBYTE);
               
+--------+
| to_hex |
+--------+
| 616263 |
+--------+

To create a table, insert the VARBYTE representation of 'abc' to a hexadecimal number, and select the column with the value, use the following example.

CREATE TABLE t (vc VARCHAR);
INSERT INTO t SELECT TO_HEX('abc'::VARBYTE);
SELECT vc FROM t;
 
+--------+
|   vc   |
+--------+
| 616263 |
+--------+

To show that when casting a VARBYTE value to VARCHAR the format is UTF-8, use the following example.

CREATE TABLE t (vc VARCHAR);
INSERT INTO t SELECT 'abc'::VARBYTE::VARCHAR;

SELECT vc FROM t;

+-----+
| vc  |
+-----+
| abc |
+-----+