VECTOR_DIMENSION_FORMAT

VECTOR_DIMENSION_FORMAT returns the storage format of the vector. It returns a VARCHAR2, which can be one of the following values: INT8, FLOAT32, FLOAT64, or BINARY.

Syntax


Description of vector_dimension_format.eps follows
Description of the illustration vector_dimension_format.eps

Parameters

expr must evaluate to a vector.

If expr is NULL, NULL is returned.

Examples

SELECT VECTOR_DIMENSION_FORMAT(TO_VECTOR('[34.6, 77.8]', 2, FLOAT64));
FLOAT64

SELECT VECTOR_DIMENSION_FORMAT(TO_VECTOR('[34.6, 77.8, 9]', 3, FLOAT32));
FLOAT32

SELECT VECTOR_DIMENSION_FORMAT(TO_VECTOR('[34.6, 77.8, 9, 10]', 3, INT8));
SELECT VECTOR_DIMENSION_FORMAT(TO_VECTOR('[34.6, 77.8, 9, 10]', 3, INT8))                           
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-51803: Vector dimension count must match the dimension count specified in the column definition (actual: 4, required: 3).

SELECT VECTOR_DIMENSION_FORMAT(TO_VECTOR('[34.6, 77.8, 9.10]', 3, INT8));
VECTOR_DIMENSION_FORMAT(TO_VECTOR('[34.6,77.8,9.10
--------------------------------------------------
INT8

SELECT TO_VECTOR('[34.6, 77.8, 9.10]', 3, INT8);
TO_VECTOR('[34.6,77.8,9.10]',3,INT8)
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[3.5E+001,7.8E+001,9.0E+000]

Parent topic: Constructors, Converters, Descriptors, and Arithmetic Operators