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# URL\_DECODE

Unescapes the given URL encoded value. 

This function is the inverse of [`URL_ENCODE`](/content/reference-1/functions-and-operators/functions/url/url_encode.md).

url\_decode(*value*) → varchar

Unescapes the URL encoded `value`. This function is the inverse of [`url_encode()`](https://prestodb.io/docs/current/functions/url.html#url_encode).

## Syntax

```sql
URL_DECODE(VALUE)
```

## Arguments

#### `VALUE`

Type: `string`

A URL encoded value.

## Returns

Type: `string`

The decoded `VALUE`.

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## Examples

"SELECT url\_decode('The+quick+brown+fox') = 'The quick brown fox' AND url\_decode('Comment+%235') = 'Comment #5' AND url\_decode('%26%24%23\_line\_%21123') = '&$#*line*!123' AND url\_decode('') = '' AND url\_decode('word%2Bword++word') = 'word+word word'"

| VALUE                   | Output              |
| ----------------------- | ------------------- |
| The+quick+brown+fox     | The quick brown fox |
| Comment+%235            | Comment #5          |
| %26%24%23\_line\_%21123 | &$#\_line\_!123     |
| `''`                    | `''`                |
| word%2Bword++word       | word+word word      |

### Transformation job example

#### SQL

```sql
CREATE JOB function_operator_example
    ADD_MISSING_COLUMNS = true	
AS INSERT INTO default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_transformed_data 
  MAP_COLUMNS_BY_NAME
    SELECT 
        URL_DECODE('The+quick+brown+fox') AS url_example1,
        URL_DECODE('Comment+%235') AS url_example2
    FROM default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_raw_data 
    WHERE $commit_time BETWEEN run_start_time() AND run_end_time()
    LIMIT 1;
```

#### Query result

| url\_example1       | url\_example2 |
| ------------------- | ------------- |
| The quick brown fox | Comment #5    |


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