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title DECOMPRESS (Transact-SQL)
description DECOMPRESS function decompresses an input expression value, using the Gzip algorithm.
author markingmyname
ms.author maghan
ms.reviewer randolphwest
ms.date 03/09/2023
ms.service sql
ms.subservice t-sql
ms.topic reference
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DECOMPRESS
DECOMPRESS_TSQL
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DECOMPRESS function
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DECOMPRESS (Transact-SQL)

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This function decompresses an input expression value, using the Gzip algorithm. DECOMPRESS returns a byte array in the varbinary(max) data type.

:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

DECOMPRESS ( expression )

Arguments

expression

A varbinary(n), varbinary(max), or binary(n) value. For more information, see Expressions (Transact-SQL).

Return types

A value of data type varbinary(max). DECOMPRESS uses the Gzip algorithm to decompress the input argument. You should explicitly cast the result to a target type if necessary.

Remarks

Examples

A. Decompress Data at Query Time

This example shows how to return compressed table data:

SELECT _id,
    name,
    surname,
    datemodified,
    CAST(DECOMPRESS(info) AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) AS info
FROM player;

B. Display compressed data using computed column

Note

This example does not apply to Azure Synapse Analytics.

This example shows how to create a table for decompressed data storage:

CREATE TABLE example_table (
    _id INT PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
    name NVARCHAR(MAX),
    surname NVARCHAR(MAX),
    info VARBINARY(MAX),
    info_json AS CAST(DECOMPRESS(info) AS NVARCHAR(MAX))
);

See also