Syntax

Description of the illustration vector_serialize.eps

Purpose

See FROM_VECTOR for semantics and examples.

Examples

SELECT VECTOR_SERIALIZE(VECTOR('[1.1,2.2,3.3]',3,FLOAT32));


VECTOR_SERIALIZE(VECTOR('[1.1,2.2,3.3]',3,FLOAT32))
---------------------------------------------------------------
[1.10000002E+000,2.20000005E+000,3.29999995E+000]

1 row selected.

SELECT VECTOR_SERIALIZE(VECTOR('[1.1, 2.2, 3.3]',3,FLOAT32) RETURNING VARCHAR2(1000));


VECTOR_SERIALIZE(VECTOR('[...]',3,FLOAT32)RETURNINGVARCHAR2(1000))
------------------------------------------------------------------
[1.10000002E+000,2.20000005E+000,3.29999995E+000]

1 row selected.

SELECT VECTOR_SERIALIZE(VECTOR('[1.1, 2.2, 3.3]',3,FLOAT32) RETURNING CLOB);


VECTOR_SERIALIZE(VECTOR('[1.1, 2.2, 3.3]',3,FLOAT32)RETURNINGCLOB)
--------------------------------------------------------
[1.10000002E+000,2.20000005E+000,3.29999995E+000] 

1 row selected.

SELECT VECTOR_SERIALIZE(TO_VECTOR('[5,[2,4],[1.0,2.0]]', 5, FLOAT64, SPARSE) RETURNING CLOB FORMAT SPARSE);

VECTOR_SERIALIZE(TO_VECTOR('[5,[2,4],[1.0,2.0]]',5,FLOAT64,SPARSE)RETURNINGCLOBF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[5,[2,4],[1.0E+000,2.0E+000]]

1 row selected.

SELECT VECTOR_SERIALIZE(TO_VECTOR('[5,[2,4],[1.0,2.0]]', 5, FLOAT64, SPARSE) RETURNING CLOB FORMAT DENSE);

VECTOR_SERIALIZE(TO_VECTOR('[5,[2,4],[1.0,2.0]]',5,FLOAT64,SPARSE)RETURNINGCLOBF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[0,1.0E+000,0,2.0E+000,0]

1 row selected.