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# FLOOR (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]

  Returns the largest integer less than or equal to the specified numeric expression.  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
FLOOR ( numeric_expression )  
```  
  
## Arguments  
 *numeric_expression*  
 Is an expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type category, except for the **bit** data type.  
  
## Return Types  
 Returns the same type as *numeric_expression*.  
  
## Examples  
 The following example shows positive numeric, negative numeric, and currency values with the `FLOOR` function.  
  
```  
SELECT FLOOR(123.45), FLOOR(-123.45), FLOOR($123.45);  
```  
  
 The result is the integer part of the calculated value in the same data type as *numeric_expression*.  
  
```  
---------      ---------     -----------  
123            -124          123.0000     
```  
  
## Examples: [!INCLUDE[ssSDWfull](../../includes/sssdwfull-md.md)] and [!INCLUDE[ssPDW](../../includes/sspdw-md.md)]  
 The following example shows positive numeric, negative numeric, and values with the `FLOOR` function.  
  
```  
SELECT FLOOR(123.45), FLOOR(-123.45), FLOOR($123.45);  
```  
  
 The result is the integer part of the calculated value in the same data type as *numeric_expression*.  
  
 ```
 -----   ---------    -----------  
  
 123     -124         123
 ```  
  
## See Also  
 [Mathematical Functions (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/functions/mathematical-functions-transact-sql.md)