diff --git a/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/type-conversion-functions.md b/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/type-conversion-functions.md index cf3483f27a4..14a12ab5d5d 100644 --- a/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/type-conversion-functions.md +++ b/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/type-conversion-functions.md @@ -1098,6 +1098,38 @@ This function accepts a number or date or date with time and returns a string co This function accepts a number or date or date with time and returns a FixedString containing bytes representing the corresponding value in host order (little endian). Null bytes are dropped from the end. For example, a UInt32 type value of 255 is a FixedString that is one byte long. +**Syntax** + +```sql +reinterpretAsFixedString(x) +``` + +**Parameters** + +- `x`: value to reinterpret to string. [(U)Int*](../data-types/int-uint.md), [Float](../data-types/float.md), [Date](../data-types/date.md), [DateTime](../data-types/datetime.md). + +**Returned value** + +- Fixed string containing bytes representing `x`. [FixedString](../data-types/fixedstring.md). + +**Example** + +Query: + +```sql +SELECT + reinterpretAsFixedString(toDateTime('1970-01-01 01:01:05')), + reinterpretAsFixedString(toDate('1970-03-07')); +``` + +Result: + +```response +┌─reinterpretAsFixedString(toDateTime('1970-01-01 01:01:05'))─┬─reinterpretAsFixedString(toDate('1970-03-07'))─┐ +│ A │ A │ +└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ +``` + ## reinterpretAsUUID :::note