Snowflake Vs MS-SQL - Part 97 - Identify Data Type - SYSTEM$TYPEOF


Identify Data Type - SYSTEM$TYPEOF

Sometimes, you have to find out the data type or nature of the data in the existing column during data analysis.

MS-SQL Server

We can do as follows:



In Snowflake, we can use SYSTEM$TYPEOF as follows:




For more details, refer to the SYSTEM_TYPEOF section.

  

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