type

Returns or changes the value’s type. This conversion can be destructive (lose precision) or impossible (convert ‘ABC’ to an integer). When the conversion is impossible, the script’s evaluation fails.

Improvement to consider: when conversion fails return null instead of throwing an exception.

See also $, $val, $value.

Syntax

type([name])

Parameter	Description
type	Optional type name into which the value shall be converted. Possible values are (case insensitive): text, integer, decimal, boolean, locale, datetime, date, binary, point, linestring, polygon (see Value Types description).

Examples