ceiling-transact-sql.md

title	CEILING (Transact-SQL)
description	CEILING (Transact-SQL)
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CEILING (Transact-SQL)

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

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Syntax

CEILING ( numeric_expression )  

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Arguments

numeric_expression
An expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type category.

Return types

The return type depends on the input type of numeric_expression:

Input type	Return type
float, real	float
decimal(p, s)	decimal(38, s)
int, smallint, tinyint	int
bigint	bigint
money, smallmoney	money
bit	float

If the result does not fit in the return type, an arithmetic overflow error occurs.

Examples

This example shows positive numeric, negative numeric, and zero value inputs for the CEILING function.

SELECT CEILING($123.45), CEILING($-123.45), CEILING($0.0);  
GO  

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--------- --------- -------------------------   
124.00    -123.00    0.00                       
  
(1 row(s) affected)  

See also

System Functions (Transact-SQL)