FROM_BASE64 (Lakehouse v1)

Takes a string encoded with the base-64 encoded rules nd returns the decoded result as a binary. The result is NULL if the argument is NULL or not a valid base-64 string.

Analyze Syntax

func.from_base64(<expr>)

Analyze Examples

func.from_base64('YWJj')
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ func.from_base64('YWJj') │
├──────────────────────────┤
│ abc                      │
└──────────────────────────┘

SQL Syntax

FROM_BASE64(<expr>)

Arguments

Arguments	Description
<expr>	The string value.

Return Type

BINARY

SQL Examples

SELECT TO_BASE64('abc'), FROM_BASE64(TO_BASE64('abc')) as b, b::String;
┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ to_base64('abc') │    b   │ b::string │
│      String      │ Binary │   String  │
├──────────────────┼────────┼───────────┤
│ YWJj             │ 616263 │ abc       │
└───────────────────────────────────────┘