{"id":27110,"date":"2024-03-16T07:52:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T07:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-convert-a-bigint-to-a-varchar-in-mysql\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T10:13:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T10:13:52","slug":"how-to-convert-a-bigint-to-a-varchar-in-mysql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-convert-a-bigint-to-a-varchar-in-mysql\/","title":{"rendered":"How to convert a bigint to a varchar in MySQL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In MySQL, you can use the CAST function to convert data from bigint type to varchar type. 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