Decodes percent-encoded characters and replaces them with their binary value.

Syntax

URL_DECODE(<expression>)

Parameters

ParameterDescriptionSupported input types
<expression>The string to be decoded.TEXT

Return Type

TEXT

Example

The example below decodes the percent-encoded parameters of an URL:

SELECT URL_DECODE('https://www.firebolt.io/?example_id%3D1%26hl%3Den');

Returns: https://www.firebolt.io/?example_id=1&hl=en