Datatype conversion functions

The following table describes the supported datatype conversion functions.

Function Description
biginttohex Converts a bigint value to its 8-byte hexadecimal string representation.
bintostr Converts a binary or hex value into a string of alphanumeric characters.
cast Converts a value from one datatype to another.
convert Converts a value to another datatype, optionally formatting datetime using a style code.
hash Returns a fixed-length hash of a value.
hashbytes Returns a fixed-length hash of a value using a specified algorithm.
hextobigint Converts a hexadecimal string to a bigint value.
hextoint Converts a hexadecimal string to an integer.
inttohex Converts an integer to its hexadecimal string representation without the 0x prefix.
strtobin Removes leading spaces from a string.
to_unichar Converts an integer code point to its Unicode character.

For more information, see SAP ASE functions.