INVALID_CAST_ARGUMENT: Cannot cast '' to DOUBLE - Error

Question

I have been using the below statement to retrieve the sum of all the values from that column as shown below
SUM(CAST(column1 AS DOUBLE)) as cnt but now it is erroring out with the below error

INVALID_CAST_ARGUMENT: Cannot cast '' to DOUBLE
This query ran against the "imdsout" database, unless qualified by the query. Please post the error message on our forum  or contact customer support  with Query Id: 004997cb-e355-445c-b502-28ecd8f8aaaf

Accepted Answer

Hi, does column1 contain empty string? If so it will throw a cast error.

If so, make sure to use where clause to excluded unwanted values such as ‘’.

Hope it helps ;)

Answer

Thank you @alatech. Yes it did contain empty string. Once I excluded it works.

INVALID_CAST_ARGUMENT: Cannot cast '' to DOUBLE - Error

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