JSON_SERIALIZE_TO_VARBYTE function - Amazon Redshift
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JSON_SERIALIZE_TO_VARBYTE function

The JSON_SERIALIZE_TO_VARBYTE function converts a SUPER value to a JSON string similar to JSON_SERIALIZE(), but stored in a VARBYTE value instead.

Syntax

JSON_SERIALIZE_TO_VARBYTE(super_expression)

Arguments

super_expression

A SUPER expression or column.

Return type

VARBYTE

Examples

To serialize a SUPER value and returns the result in VARBYTE format, use the following example.

SELECT JSON_SERIALIZE_TO_VARBYTE(JSON_PARSE('[10001,10002,"abc"]')); +----------------------------------------+ | json_serialize_to_varbyte | +----------------------------------------+ | 5b31303030312c31303030322c22616263225d | +----------------------------------------+

To serialize a SUPER value and casts the result to VARCHAR format, use the following example. For more information, see CAST function.

SELECT CAST((JSON_SERIALIZE_TO_VARBYTE(JSON_PARSE('[10001,10002,"abc"]'))) AS VARCHAR); +---------------------------+ | json_serialize_to_varbyte | +---------------------------+ | [10001,10002,"abc"] | +---------------------------+