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TO_HEX

Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition   ✅ Express Edition   ✅ Professional Edition   ✅ Enterprise Edition

The TO_HEX() function translates a numeric value to its hexadecimal string counterpart.

SELECT to_hex(255);
create.select(toHex(255)).fetch();

The result being

+--------+
| to_hex |
+--------+
| ff     |
+--------+

Dialect support

This example using jOOQ:

toHex(255)

Translates to the following dialect specific expressions:

-- COCKROACHDB, DB2, POSTGRES, REDSHIFT, VERTICA, YUGABYTEDB
to_hex(255)

-- H2, ORACLE
trim(to_char(255, 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'))

-- MARIADB, MYSQL
hex(255)

-- SQLITE
printf('%X', 255)

-- SQLSERVER
format(255, 'X')

-- TRINO
to_base(255, 16)

-- ACCESS, ASE, AURORA_MYSQL, AURORA_POSTGRES, BIGQUERY, DERBY, DUCKDB, EXASOL, FIREBIRD, HANA, HSQLDB, INFORMIX, MEMSQL, 
-- SNOWFLAKE, SQLDATAWAREHOUSE, SYBASE, TERADATA
/* UNSUPPORTED */

(These are currently generated with jOOQ 3.19, see #10141), or translate your own on our website

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