Mathematical Functions
Mathematical functions are fairly standard across implementations. These are functions that allow you to manipulate numeric values in a database according to mathematical rules.
The most common functions include the following:
| Absolute value | (ABS) |
| Rounding | (ROUND) |
| Square root | (SQRT) |
| Sign values | (SIGN) |
| Power | (POWER) |
| Ceiling and floor values | (CEIL, FLOOR) |
| Exponential values SIN, COS, TAN | (EXP) |
The general syntax of most mathematical functions is
FUNCTION(EXPRESSION)
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