SQRT (Transact-SQL)
Returns the square root of the specified float value.
Syntax
SQRT (float_expression )
Arguments
- float_expression
Is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.
Return Types
float
Examples
The following example returns the square root of numbers between 1.00 and 10.00.
DECLARE @myvalue float;
SET @myvalue = 1.00;
WHILE @myvalue < 10.00
BEGIN
SELECT SQRT(@myvalue);
SET @myvalue = @myvalue + 1
END;
GO
Here is the result set.
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1.0
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1.4142135623731
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1.73205080756888
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2.0
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2.23606797749979
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2.44948974278318
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2.64575131106459
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2.82842712474619
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3.0