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subitems:
- text: Data Types
url: sql-ref-datatypes.html
+ - text: Literals
+ url: sql-ref-literals.html
- text: Null Semantics
url: sql-ref-null-semantics.html
- text: NaN Semantics
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+---
+layout: global
+title: Literals
+displayTitle: Literals
+license: |
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+---
+
+A literal (also known as a constant) represents a fixed data value. Spark SQL supports the following literals:
+
+ * [String Literal](#string-literal)
+ * [Binary Literal](#binary-literal)
+ * [Null Literal](#null-literal)
+ * [Boolean Literal](#boolean-literal)
+ * [Numeric Literal](#numeric-literal)
+ * [Datetime Literal](#datetime-literal)
+ * [Interval Literal](#interval-literal)
+
+### String Literal
+
+A string literal is used to specify a character string value.
+
+#### Syntax
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+'c [ ... ]' | "c [ ... ]"
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+#### Parameters
+
+
+ c-
+ One character from the character set. Use
\ to escape special characters (e.g., ' or \).
+
+
+
+#### Examples
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+SELECT 'Hello, World!' AS col;
++-------------+
+| col|
++-------------+
+|Hello, World!|
++-------------+
+
+SELECT "SPARK SQL" AS col;
++---------+
+| col|
++---------+
+|Spark SQL|
++---------+
+
+SELECT 'it\'s $10.' AS col;
++---------+
+| col|
++---------+
+|It's $10.|
++---------+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Binary Literal
+
+A binary literal is used to specify a byte sequence value.
+
+#### Syntax
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+X { 'c [ ... ]' | "c [ ... ]" }
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+#### Parameters
+
+
+ c-
+ One character from the character set.
+
+
+
+#### Examples
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+SELECT X'123456' AS col;
++----------+
+| col|
++----------+
+|[12 34 56]|
++----------+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Null Literal
+
+A null literal is used to specify a null value.
+
+#### Syntax
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+NULL
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+#### Examples
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+SELECT NULL AS col;
++----+
+| col|
++----+
+|NULL|
++----+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Boolean Literal
+
+A boolean literal is used to specify a boolean value.
+
+#### Syntax
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+TRUE | FALSE
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+#### Examples
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+SELECT TRUE AS col;
++----+
+| col|
++----+
+|true|
++----+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Numeric Literal
+
+A numeric literal is used to specify a fixed or floating-point number.
+
+#### Integral Literal
+
+#### Syntax
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+[ + | - ] digit [ ... ] [ L | S | Y ]
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+#### Parameters
+
+
+ digit-
+ Any numeral from 0 to 9.
+
+
+
+ L-
+ Case insensitive, indicates
BIGINT, which is a 8-byte signed integer number.
+
+
+
+ S-
+ Case insensitive, indicates
SMALLINT, which is a 2-byte signed integer number.
+
+
+
+ Y-
+ Case insensitive, indicates
TINYINT, which is a 1-byte signed integer number.
+
+
+
+ default (no postfix)-
+ Indicates a 4-byte signed integer number.
+
+
+
+#### Examples
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+SELECT -2147483648 AS col;
++-----------+
+| col|
++-----------+
+|-2147483648|
++-----------+
+
+SELECT 9223372036854775807l AS col;
++-------------------+
+| col|
++-------------------+
+|9223372036854775807|
++-------------------+
+
+SELECT -32Y AS col;
++---+
+|col|
++---+
+|-32|
++---+
+
+SELECT 482S AS col;
++---+
+|col|
++---+
+|482|
++---+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+#### Fractional Literals
+
+#### Syntax
+
+decimal literals:
+{% highlight sql %}
+decimal_digits { [ BD ] | [ exponent BD ] } | digit [ ... ] [ exponent ] BD
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+double literals:
+{% highlight sql %}
+decimal_digits { D | exponent [ D ] } | digit [ ... ] { exponent [ D ] | [ exponent ] D }
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+While decimal_digits is defined as
+{% highlight sql %}
+[ + | - ] { digit [ ... ] . [ digit [ ... ] ] | . digit [ ... ] }
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+and exponent is defined as
+{% highlight sql %}
+E [ + | - ] digit [ ... ]
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+#### Parameters
+
+
+ digit-
+ Any numeral from 0 to 9.
+
+
+
+ D-
+ Case insensitive, indicates
DOUBLE, which is a 8-byte double-precision floating point number.
+
+
+
+ BD-
+ Case insensitive, indicates
DECIMAL, with the total number of digits as precision and the number of digits to right of decimal point as scale.
+
+
+
+#### Examples
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+SELECT 12.578 AS col;
++------+
+| col|
++------+
+|12.578|
++------+
+
+SELECT -0.1234567 AS col;
++----------+
+| col|
++----------+
+|-0.1234567|
++----------+
+
+SELECT -.1234567 AS col;
++----------+
+| col|
++----------+
+|-0.1234567|
++----------+
+
+SELECT 123. AS col;
++---+
+|col|
++---+
+|123|
++---+
+
+SELECT 123.BD AS col;
++---+
+|col|
++---+
+|123|
++---+
+
+SELECT 5E2 AS col;
++-----+
+| col|
++-----+
+|500.0|
++-----+
+
+SELECT 5D AS col;
++---+
+|col|
++---+
+|5.0|
++---+
+
+SELECT -5BD AS col;
++---+
+|col|
++---+
+| -5|
++---+
+
+SELECT 12.578e-2d AS col;
++-------+
+| col|
++-------+
+|0.12578|
++-------+
+
+SELECT -.1234567E+2BD AS col;
++---------+
+| col|
++---------+
+|-12.34567|
++---------+
+
+SELECT +3.e+3 AS col;
++------+
+| col|
++------+
+|3000.0|
++------+
+
+SELECT -3.E-3D AS col;
++------+
+| col|
++------+
+|-0.003|
++------+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Datetime Literal
+
+A Datetime literal is used to specify a datetime value.
+
+#### Date Literal
+
+#### Syntax
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+DATE { 'yyyy' |
+ 'yyyy-[m]m' |
+ 'yyyy-[m]m-[d]d' |
+ 'yyyy-[m]m-[d]d[T]' }
+{% endhighlight %}
+Note: defaults to 01 if month or day is not specified.
+
+#### Examples
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+SELECT DATE '1997' AS col;
++----------+
+| col|
++----------+
+|1997-01-01|
++----------+
+
+SELECT DATE '1997-01' AS col;
++----------+
+| col|
++----------+
+|1997-01-01|
++----------+
+
+SELECT DATE '2011-11-11' AS col;
++----------+
+| col|
++----------+
+|2011-11-11|
++----------+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+#### Timestamp Literal
+
+#### Syntax
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+TIMESTAMP { 'yyyy' |
+ 'yyyy-[m]m' |
+ 'yyyy-[m]m-[d]d' |
+ 'yyyy-[m]m-[d]d ' |
+ 'yyyy-[m]m-[d]d[T][h]h[:]' |
+ 'yyyy-[m]m-[d]d[T][h]h:[m]m[:]' |
+ 'yyyy-[m]m-[d]d[T][h]h:[m]m:[s]s[.]' |
+ 'yyyy-[m]m-[d]d[T][h]h:[m]m:[s]s.[ms][ms][ms][us][us][us][zone_id]'}
+{% endhighlight %}
+Note: defaults to 00 if hour, minute or second is not specified.
+`zone_id` should have one of the forms:
+
+ - Z - Zulu time zone UTC+0
+ - +|-[h]h:[m]m
+ - An id with one of the prefixes UTC+, UTC-, GMT+, GMT-, UT+ or UT-, and a suffix in the formats:
+
+ - +|-h[h]
+ - +|-hh[:]mm
+ - +|-hh:mm:ss
+ - +|-hhmmss
+
+
+ - Region-based zone IDs in the form
area/city, such as Europe/Paris
+
+Note: defaults to the session local timezone (set via spark.sql.session.timeZone) if zone_id is not specified.
+
+#### Examples
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+SELECT TIMESTAMP '1997-01-31 09:26:56.123' AS col;
++-----------------------+
+| col|
++-----------------------+
+|1997-01-31 09:26:56.123|
++-----------------------+
+
+SELECT TIMESTAMP '1997-01-31 09:26:56.66666666CST' AS col;
++--------------------------+
+| col |
++--------------------------+
+|1997-01-31 07:26:56.666666|
++--------------------------+
+
+SELECT TIMESTAMP '1997-01' AS col;
++-------------------+
+| col|
++-------------------+
+|1997-01-01 00:00:00|
++-------------------+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Interval Literal
+
+An interval literal is used to specify a fixed period of time.
+
+#### Syntax
+{% highlight sql %}
+{ INTERVAL interval_value interval_unit [ interval_value interval_unit ... ] |
+ INTERVAL 'interval_value interval_unit [ interval_value interval_unit ... ]' |
+ INTERVAL interval_string_value interval_unit TO interval_unit }
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+#### Parameters
+
+
+ interval_value-
+ Syntax:
+
+ [ + | - ] number_value | '[ + | - ] number_value'
+
+
+
+
+ interval_string_value-
+ year-month/day-time interval string.
+
+
+
+ interval_unit-
+ Syntax:
+
+ YEAR[S] | MONTH[S] | WEEK[S] | DAY[S] | HOUR[S] | MINUTE[S] | SECOND[S] |
+ MILLISECOND[S] | MICROSECOND[S]
+
+
+
+
+#### Examples
+
+{% highlight sql %}
+SELECT INTERVAL 3 YEAR AS col;
++-------+
+| col|
++-------+
+|3 years|
++-------+
+
+SELECT INTERVAL -2 HOUR '3' MINUTE AS col;
++--------------------+
+| col|
++--------------------+
+|-1 hours -57 minutes|
++--------------------+
+
+SELECT INTERVAL 'INTERVAL 1 YEAR 2 DAYS 3 HOURS';
++----------------------+
+| col|
++----------------------+
+|1 years 2 days 3 hours|
++----------------------+
+
+SELECT INTERVAL 1 YEARS 2 MONTH 3 WEEK 4 DAYS 5 HOUR 6 MINUTES 7 SECOND 8
+ MILLISECOND 9 MICROSECONDS AS col;
++-----------------------------------------------------------+
+| col|
++-----------------------------------------------------------+
+|1 years 2 months 25 days 5 hours 6 minutes 7.008009 seconds|
++-----------------------------------------------------------+
+
+SELECT INTERVAL '20 15:40:32.99899999' DAY TO SECOND AS col;
++---------------------------------------------+
+| col|
++---------------------------------------------+
+|20 days 15 hours 40 minutes 32.998999 seconds|
++---------------------------------------------+
+{% endhighlight %}