SQUARE (Transact-SQL)
Applies to:
SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure Synapse Analytics
Analytics Platform System (PDW)
SQL analytics endpoint in Microsoft Fabric
Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric
Returns the square of the specified float value.
Transact-SQL syntax conventions
Syntax
SQUARE ( 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 volume of a cylinder having a radius of 1
inch and a height of 5
inches.
DECLARE @h FLOAT, @r FLOAT;
SET @h = 5;
SET @r = 1;
SELECT PI()* SQUARE(@r)* @h AS 'Cyl Vol';
Here is the result set.
Cyl Vol
--------------------------
15.707963267948966
Examples: Azure Synapse Analytics and Analytics Platform System (PDW)
The following example returns the square of each value in the volume
column in the containers
table.
-- Uses AdventureWorks
CREATE TABLE Containers (
ID INT NOT NULL,
Name VARCHAR(20),
Volume FLOAT(24));
INSERT INTO Containers VALUES (1, 'Cylinder', '125.22');
INSERT INTO Containers VALUES (2, 'Cube', '23.98');
SELECT Name, SQUARE(Volume) AS VolSquared
FROM Containers;
Here is the result set.
Name VolSquared
------------- ----------
Cylinder 15680.05
Cube 575.04