ceiling-transact-sql.md

title	CEILING (Transact-SQL)
description	CEILING (Transact-SQL)
author	markingmyname
ms.author	maghan
ms.date	07/24/2017
ms.prod	sql
ms.technology	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
f1_keywords	CEILING_TSQL CEILING
helpviewer_keywords	smallest integer great than or equal to expression integers [SQL Server] CEILING function [Transact-SQL]
dev_langs	TSQL
monikerRange	>= aps-pdw-2016 || = azuresqldb-current || = azure-sqldw-latest || >= sql-server-2016 || >= sql-server-linux-2017 || = azuresqldb-mi-current

CEILING (Transact-SQL)

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

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

CEILING ( numeric_expression )  

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Arguments

numeric_expression
An expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type category. For this function, the bit data type is invalid.

Return types

Return values have the same type as numeric_expression.

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  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

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

See also

System Functions (Transact-SQL)