TO_BINARY (Lakehouse v1)
Converts supported data types, including string, variant, bitmap, geometry, and geography, into their binary representation (hex format).
See also: TRY_TO_BINARY
Analyze Syntax
Section titled “Analyze Syntax”func.to_binary( <expr> )Analyze Examples
Section titled “Analyze Examples”func.to_binary('Databend')
┌───────────────────────────────┐│ func.to_binary('Databend') │├───────────────────────────────┤│ 4461746162656E64 │└───────────────────────────────┘SQL Syntax
Section titled “SQL Syntax”TO_BINARY( <expr> )SQL Examples
Section titled “SQL Examples”This example converts a string to binary:
SELECT TO_BINARY('Databend');
┌───────────────────────┐│ to_binary('Databend') │├───────────────────────┤│ 4461746162656E64 │└───────────────────────┘This example converts JSON data to binary:
SELECT TO_BINARY(PARSE_JSON('{"key":"value", "number":123}')) AS binary_variant;
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ binary_variant │├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤│ 40000002100000031000000610000005200000026B65796E756D62657276616C7565507B │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘This example converts bitmap data to binary:
SELECT TO_BINARY(TO_BITMAP('10,20,30')) AS binary_bitmap;
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ binary_bitmap │├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤│ 0100000000000000000000003A3000000100000000000200100000000A0014001E00 │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘This example converts geometry data (WKT format) to binary:
SELECT TO_BINARY(ST_GEOMETRYFROMWKT('SRID=4326;POINT(1.0 2.0)')) AS binary_geometry;
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ binary_geometry │├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤│ 0101000020E6100000000000000000F03F0000000000000040 │└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘This example converts geography data (EWKT format) to binary:
SELECT TO_BINARY(ST_GEOGRAPHYFROMEWKT('SRID=4326;POINT(-122.35 37.55)')) AS binary_geography;
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ binary_geography │├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤│ 0101000020E61000006666666666965EC06666666666C64240 │└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘