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CEILING (Transact-SQL)
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Azure SQL Database 👁 Image
Azure SQL Managed Instance 👁 Image
Azure Synapse Analytics 👁 Image
Analytics Platform System (PDW) 👁 Image
SQL analytics endpoint in Microsoft Fabric 👁 Image
Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric 👁 Image
SQL database in Microsoft Fabric
This function returns the smallest integer greater than, or equal to, the specified numeric expression.
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Transact-SQL syntax conventions
Syntax
CEILING ( numeric_expression )
Arguments
numeric_expression
An expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type category.
Return types
The return type depends on the input type of numeric_expression:
| Input type | Return type |
|---|---|
| float, real | float |
| decimal(p, s) | decimal(p, 0) |
| int, smallint, tinyint | int |
| bigint | bigint |
| money, smallmoney | money |
| bit | float |
If the result doesn't fit in the return type, an arithmetic overflow error occurs.
For more information, see Precision, scale, and length.
Examples
This example shows positive numeric, negative numeric, and zero value inputs for the CEILING function.
SELECT CEILING($123.45),
CEILING($-123.45),
CEILING($0.0);
The result is the integer part of the calculated value in the same data type as numeric_expression.
------- -------- -----
124.00 -123.00 0.00
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