FL_GET_FILE_TYPE

Returns the file type (modality) of a FILE.

Syntax

Use one of the following:

FL_GET_FILE_TYPE( <file_expression> )

FL_GET_FILE_TYPE( <variant_expression> )
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Arguments

file_expression

The argument must be an expression of type FILE.

variant_expression

The argument must be an OBJECT representing a FILE.

Returns

The function returns a VARCHAR. One of following values are returned:

  • document

  • video

  • audio

  • image

  • compressed

  • unknown

Examples

Example using an input FILE.

create table file_table(f file);
insert into file_table select to_file(build_stage_file_url('@mystage', 'image.png'));
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select fl_get_file_type(f) from file_table;

+------------------------+
| FL_GET_FILE_TYPE(F)    |
|------------------------|
| image                  |
+------------------------+
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Example using an input OBJECT.

create table file_table(f object);
insert into file_table select object_construct('STAGE', 'MYSTAGE', 'RELATIVE_PATH', 'document.pdf', 'ETAG', '85522e3bd0e4bbb930237f886db3bcee', 'LAST_MODIFIED', 'Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:24:00 GMT', 'SIZE', 105859, 'FILE_TYPE', 'application/pdf');
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select fl_get_file_type(f) from file_table;

+------------------------+
| FL_GET_FILE_TYPE(F)    |
|------------------------|
| document               |
+------------------------+
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