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Miscellaneous SQL functions

The InfluxDB SQL implementation supports the following miscellaneous functions for performing a variety of operations:

arrow_typeof

Returns the underlying Arrow type of the the expression:

arrow_typeof(expression)
Arguments
  • expression: Column or literal value to evaluate.

View arrow_typeof query example

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