I could not find any info on converting and comparing to avoid type confusion. Is there a way to guarentee that comparisons are of a given type?

For example, I am looking for something like:

  ...WHERE NUMBER(A) > NUMBER(B)  // dummy sql

  ...ORDER BY NUMBER(X), STRING(Y)  // dummy sql

In other words, how does one guarentee that comparisons are being interpreted as the needed or expected type? (This is assuming I don't want to pre-declare column types)
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   ...WHERE CAST(A as INTEGER) > CAST(B as INTEGER)
   ...ORDER BY CAST(X as REAL), CAST(Y AS TEXT)

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*Kudos on Dynamic Typing*

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