square-transact-sql.md

title	SQUARE (Transact-SQL)
description	SQUARE (Transact-SQL)
author	MikeRayMSFT
ms.author	mikeray
ms.reviewer
ms.date	03/03/2017
ms.prod	sql
ms.prod_service	synapse-analytics, pdw, sql-database
ms.technology	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
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f1_keywords	SQUARE SQUARE_TSQL
helpviewer_keywords	SQUARE square values
dev_langs	TSQL
monikerRange	>= aps-pdw-2016 || = azure-sqldw-latest || >= sql-server-2016 || >= sql-server-linux-2017 || = azuresqldb-mi-current

SQUARE (Transact-SQL)

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Returns the square of the specified float value.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

SQUARE ( float_expression )  

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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';  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

Cyl Vol  
--------------------------  
15.707963267948966  

Examples: [!INCLUDEssSDWfull] and [!INCLUDEssPDW]

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;  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

Name           VolSquared
-------------  ----------
Cylinder       15680.05
Cube             575.04

See Also

Mathematical Functions (Transact-SQL)