bigint function

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Casts the value expr to BIGINT.

Syntax 

bigint(expr)

Arguments

  • expr: Any expression which is castable to BIGINT.

Returns

A BIGINT.

This function is a synonym for CAST(expr AS BIGINT).

See cast function for details.

Examples 

> SELECT bigint(current_timestamp);
 1616168320
> SELECT bigint('5');
 5