pi-transact-sql.md

title	PI (Transact-SQL)
description	PI (Transact-SQL)
author	MikeRayMSFT
ms.author	mikeray
ms.date	03/03/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
f1_keywords	PI_TSQL PI
helpviewer_keywords	constant value of PI PI function
dev_langs	TSQL
monikerRange	>= aps-pdw-2016 || = azuresqldb-current || = azure-sqldw-latest || >= sql-server-2016 || >= sql-server-linux-2017 || = azuresqldb-mi-current||=fabric

PI (Transact-SQL)

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Returns the constant value of PI.

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Syntax

PI ( )  

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Return Types

float

Examples

The following example returns the value of PI.

SELECT PI();  
GO  

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------------------------  
3.14159265358979  
  
(1 row(s) affected)  

See Also

Mathematical Functions (Transact-SQL)