Casts

Use this page to view information about the casts in a database.

A cast is a mechanism that converts a value from one data type to another data type. By using casts, you can make comparisons between values of different data types or substitute a value of one data type for a value of another data type.

The page displays the following information about the casts:

• Owner
• Cast Type: Explicit, Implicit, or Built-in.
• From Type: The data type being converted.
• To Type: The resulting data type.
• Routine Name: The name of the cast function.