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Type coercion rules for DataFusion
Coercion is performed automatically by DataFusion when the types of arguments passed to a function or needed by operators do not exactly match the types required by that function / operator. In this case, DataFusion will attempt to coerce the arguments to types accepted by the function by inserting CAST operations.
CAST operations added by coercion are lossless and never discard information.
For example coercion from i32 -> i64 might be performed because all valid i32 values can be represented using an i64. However, i64 -> i32 is never performed as there are i64 values which can not be represented by i32 values.
Modules§
- aggregates
- binary
- Coercion rules for matching argument types for binary operators
- functions
- other
Functions§
- is_
datetime - Determine whether the given data type
dtis aDateorTimestamp. - is_
decimal - Determine whether the given data type
dtis aDecimal. - is_
interval - Determine whether the given data type ‘dt’ is a
Interval. - is_null
- Determine whether the given data type
dtisNull. - is_
signed_ numeric - Determine whether the given data type
dtrepresents signed numeric values. - is_
timestamp - Determine whether the given data type
dtis aTimestamp. - is_
utf8_ or_ utf8view_ or_ large_ utf8 - Determine whether the given data type
dtis aUtf8orUtf8VieworLargeUtf8.