UTF8

This section contains reference documentation for UTF8 encode/decode functions.

  • fromUtf8 returns UTF8 encoded string of input binary data (bytes type).

  • toUtf8 returns binary data (represented as a Hex string) from a UTF8 encoded string.

Signature

fromUtf8(bytesCol)

toUtf8(string)

Usage Examples

SELECT bytesCol1, fromUtf8(bytesCol1) AS utf8Str
FROM testTable
LIMIT 1
bytesCol1
utf8Str

68656c6c6f21

hello!

SELECT toUtf8('hello!') AS binaryOutput
FROM ignoreMe
binaryOutput

68656c6c6f21

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