The following table shows the mathematical functions that are available for the standard numeric types. In the table below, the returned data type or value appears following the right arrow (⇒) sign.
FunctionDescription and CommentsExample
ABS(numeric_type) => numeric_typeAbsoluteABS(-88)
=> 88
CEIL(DECIMAL) => DECIMAL
CEIL(DOUBLE) => DOUBLE		Nearest integer greater than or equal to argument
Alias: CEILING()		CEIL(35.78)
=> 36
CEIL(-35.18)
=> -35
DIV(y numeric_type, x numeric_type) => int_typeInteger quotient of y/xDIV(18, 3)
=> 6
DIV(18, 5)
=> 3
EXP(DECIMAL) => DECIMAL
EXP(DOUBLE) => DOUBLE		ExponentialEXP(1.0)
=> 2.7182818284590452
FLOOR(DECIMAL) => DECIMAL
FLOOR(DOUBLE) => DOUBLE		Nearest integer less than or equal to argument
See notes.		FLOOR(56.8)
=> 56
FLOOR(-56.8)
=> -57
LN(DECIMAL) => DECIMAL
LN(DOUBLE) => DOUBLE		Natural logarithmLN(2.0)
=> 0.6931471805599453
LOG(DECIMAL) => DECIMAL
LOG(DOUBLE) => DOUBLE		Base 10 logarithmLOG(1000)
=> 3
LOG(b DECIMAL, x DECIMAL) => DECIMALLogarithm of x to base bLOG(2.0, 64)
=> 6.0000000000000000
LOG10(DECIMAL) => DECIMAL
LOG10(DOUBLE) => DOUBLE		Base 10 logarithm, (same as LOG() with a single argument).LOG10(1000)
=> 3
MOD(y DECIMAL, x DECIMAL)Modulo
See notes.		MOD(5, 3)
=> 2
PI() => DOUBLEReturn the value of PI.PI()
=> 3.141592653589793
POWER(x DECIMAL, y DECIMAL) => DECIMAL
POWER(x DOUBLE, y DOUBLE) => DOUBLE		x raised to the power of yPOWER(27, 2)
=> 729
ROUND(DECIMAL [s INT]) => DECIMAL
ROUND(DOUBLE) => DOUBLE		Rounds to the nearest integer. s represents the optional scale accuracyROUND(67.2)
=> 67
ROUND(67.8)
=> 68
SIGN(DECIMAL) => DECIMAL
SIGN(DOUBLE) => DOUBLE		Sign of the argument (-1, 0, or +1)SIGN(0), SIGN(-2), SIGN(5)
=> 0, -1, 1
SQRT(DECIMAL) => DECIMAL
SQRT(DOUBLE) => DOUBLE		Square rootSQRT(9)
=> 3
TRUNC(DECIMAL) => DECIMAL
TRUNC(DOUBLE) => DOUBLE		Truncates to integer (towards zero)TRUNC(67.89)
=> 67
TRUNC(x DECIMAL, s INT) => DECIMALTruncates x to s decimal places.TRUNC(67.89, 1)
=> 67.8
Note: MOD(): Arguments can be either integral_type (INT, BIGINT, SMALLINT) or DECIMAL. It cannot be floating-point numbers (FLOAT or REAL)