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# Cast operators [sql-operators-cast]

## `Cast (::)` [sql-operators-cast-cast]

`::` provides an alternative syntax to the [`CAST`](/reference/query-languages/sql/sql-functions-type-conversion.md#sql-functions-type-conversion-cast) function.

```sql
SELECT '123'::long AS long;

      long
---------------
123
```