How does Snowflake convert a value to another data type?

Users can explicitly convert a value from one data type to another. This is called explicit casting. In some situations, Snowflake converts a value to another data type automatically. This is called implicit casting or coercion. Users can explicitly cast a value by using any of the following options: The CAST function.

What is Snowflake data platform?

Snowflake is a cloud data platform. To be more specific it’s the first cloud built data platform. Its architecture allows data specialists to not only create data warehouses but also cloud data lake-houses because it can manage both structured and unstructured data easily.

How does Snowflake work?

Snowflake offers secure data sharing that eliminates the need for data extraction or transformation between departments, geographies, or partners. For primary data source loading, Snowflake works with a range of data integration partners and allows users to choose either ETL or transform data after loading (ELT).

How does snowconvert work?

SnowConvert accelerates any migration from a source data platform or Spark to Snowflake. If migrating your data warehouse, SnowConvert for Teradata, SnowConvert for Oracle, and SnowConvert for SQL Server are available right now.