POWER (SQL Server Compact)
Returns the value of the given expression to the specified power.
Syntax
POWER ( numeric_expression, y)
Arguments
numeric_expression
An expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type categories, or types that are implicitly convertible to float.y
The power to raise numeric_expression to. The y argument can be an expression of types that are implicitly convertible to float.
Return Value
Returns the same type as numeric_expression except for the following expressions.
Specified expression |
Return type |
---|---|
tinyint, smallint |
int |
real/float |
float |
Nonnumeric types that can be implicitly converted to float |
float |
Example
The following example raises the values in the SourceValues column of the Values table to the power of 3.
SELECT SourceValues, POWER(SourceValues, 3) AS Cube
FROM Values
ORDER BY SourceValues
This is the result set:
SourceValues.....................Cube
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1................................1
2................................8
3................................27
4................................64
5................................125
6................................216
7................................314
8................................512
9................................729