hextobigint

Returns the platform-independent bigint value equivalent of a hexadecimal string

Syntax

hextobigint(hexadecimal_string)

Parameters

hexadecimal_string – is the hexadecimal value to be converted to an big integer; must be a character-type column, variable name, or a valid hexadecimal string, with or without a “0x” prefix, enclosed in quotes.

Examples

Example 1 – The following example converts the hexadecimal string 0x7fffffffffffffff to a big integer.
```
1> select hextobigint("0x7fffffffffffffff")
2> go
--------------------
9223372036854775807
```

Usage

Use the hextobigint function for platform-independent conversions of hexadecimal data to integers. hextobigint accepts a valid hexadecimal string, with or without a “0x” prefix, enclosed in quotes, or the name of a character-type column or variable.

hextobigint returns the bigint equivalent of the hexadecimal string. The function always returns the same bigint equivalent for a given hexadecimal string, regardless of the platform on which it is executed.