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<!DOCTYPE concept PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Concept//EN" "concept.dtd">
<concept id="double">
<title>DOUBLE Data Type</title>
<titlealts audience="PDF"><navtitle>DOUBLE</navtitle></titlealts>
<prolog>
<metadata>
<data name="Category" value="Impala"/>
<data name="Category" value="Impala Data Types"/>
<data name="Category" value="SQL"/>
<data name="Category" value="Data Analysts"/>
<data name="Category" value="Developers"/>
<data name="Category" value="Schemas"/>
</metadata>
</prolog>
<conbody>
<p>
A double precision floating-point data type used in <codeph>CREATE TABLE</codeph> and <codeph>ALTER
TABLE</codeph> statements.
</p>
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/syntax_blurb"/>
<p>
In the column definition of a <codeph>CREATE TABLE</codeph> statement:
</p>
<codeblock><varname>column_name</varname> DOUBLE</codeblock>
<p>
<b>Range:</b> 4.94065645841246544e-324d .. 1.79769313486231570e+308, positive or negative
</p>
<p>
<b>Precision:</b> 15 to 17 significant digits, depending on usage. The number of significant digits does
not depend on the position of the decimal point.
</p>
<p>
<b>Representation:</b> The values are stored in 8 bytes, using
<xref href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-precision_floating-point_format" scope="external" format="html">IEEE 754 Double Precision Binary Floating Point</xref> format.
</p>
<p>
<b>Conversions:</b> Impala does not automatically convert <codeph>DOUBLE</codeph> to any other type. You can
use <codeph>CAST()</codeph> to convert <codeph>DOUBLE</codeph> values to <codeph>FLOAT</codeph>,
<codeph>TINYINT</codeph>, <codeph>SMALLINT</codeph>, <codeph>INT</codeph>, <codeph>BIGINT</codeph>,
<codeph>STRING</codeph>, <codeph>TIMESTAMP</codeph>, or <codeph>BOOLEAN</codeph>. You can use exponential
notation in <codeph>DOUBLE</codeph> literals or when casting from <codeph>STRING</codeph>, for example
<codeph>1.0e6</codeph> to represent one million.
<ph conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/cast_int_to_timestamp"/>
</p>
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/usage_notes_blurb"/>
<p>
The data type <codeph>REAL</codeph> is an alias for <codeph>DOUBLE</codeph>.
</p>
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/example_blurb"/>
<codeblock>CREATE TABLE t1 (x DOUBLE);
SELECT CAST(1000.5 AS DOUBLE);
</codeblock>
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/partitioning_imprecise"/>
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/hbase_ok"/>
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/parquet_ok"/>
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/text_bulky"/>
<!-- <p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/compatibility_blurb"/> -->
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/internals_8_bytes"/>
<!-- <p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/added_in_20"/> -->
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/column_stats_constant"/>
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/restrictions_blurb"/>
<!-- This conref appears under SUM(), AVG(), FLOAT, and DOUBLE topics. -->
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/sum_double"/>
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/float_double_decimal_caveat"/>
<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/related_info"/>
<p>
<xref href="impala_literals.xml#numeric_literals"/>, <xref href="impala_math_functions.xml#math_functions"/>,
<xref href="impala_float.xml#float"/>
</p>
</conbody>
</concept>