description
This section contains reference documentation for UTF8 encode/decode functions.

UTF8

fromUtf8 returns UTF8 encoded string of input binary data (bytes type).
toUtf8 returns binary data (represented as a Hex string) from a UTF8 encoded string.

Signature

fromUtf8(bytesCol)

toUtf8(string)

SELECT bytesCol1, fromUtf8(bytesCol1) AS utf8Str
FROM testTable
LIMIT 1

bytesCol1	utf8Str
68656c6c6f21	hello!

SELECT toUtf8('hello!') AS binaryOutput
FROM ignoreMe

binaryOutput
68656c6c6f21