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CEIL

Description

The Ceiling function returns the smallest integer greater than, or equal to, the specified numeric expression.

It can be applied to FLOAT columns or INT columns. The result is a column of type INT.

Syntax

  CEIL ( table.column )
 

NULL handling

If the input value is NULL, the result is NULL as well.

Example

[1]

CEIL of FLOAT input with one negative value and one NULL value:

Query

Column1

         CEIL ( "Table1"."Column1" )
        

Input

Output

Table1

Column1 : float

0.1

0.9

-1.1

0.0

null

Result

Column1 : int

1

1

-1

0

null

[2]

CEIL has no effect on an INT column:

Query

Column1

         CEIL ( "Table1"."Column1" )
        

Input

Output

Table1

Column1 : int

1

9

-1

0

null

Result

Column1 : int

1

9

-1

0

null

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