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Max Gekk commented on SPARK-37507: ---------------------------------- [~beliefer] Would you like to work on this? If so, please, leave a comment here. > Add the TO_BINARY() function > ---------------------------- > > Key: SPARK-37507 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-37507 > Project: Spark > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: SQL > Affects Versions: 3.3.0 > Reporter: Max Gekk > Priority: Major > > to_binary(expr, fmt) is a common function available in many other systems to > provide a unified entry for string to binary data conversion, where fmt can > be utf8, base64, hex and base2 (or whatever the reverse operation > to_char()supports). > [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/r_TO_VARBYTE.html] > [https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/functions/to_binary.html] > [https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/functions-and-operators#format_string_as_bytes] > [https://docs.teradata.com/r/kmuOwjp1zEYg98JsB8fu_A/etRo5aTAY9n5fUPjxSEynw] > Related Spark functions: unbase64, unhex -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.1#820001) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@spark.apache.org