title Cast Functions and Operators summary Learn about the cast functions and operators. aliases /docs/dev/functions-and-operators/cast-functions-and-operators/ /docs/dev/reference/sql/functions-and-operators/cast-functions-and-operators/ Cast Functions and Operators TiDB supports all of the cast functions and operators available in MySQL 5.7. Name Description BINARY Cast a string to a binary string CAST() Cast a value as a certain type CONVERT() Cast a value as a certain type Cast functions and operators enable conversion of values from one data type to another.