Oracle® Database SQL Reference 10g Release 2 (10.2) Part Number B14200-01 |
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Syntax
Purpose
CEIL
returns smallest integer greater than or equal to n
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This function takes as an argument any numeric datatype or any nonnumeric datatype that can be implicitly converted to a numeric datatype. The function returns the same datatype as the numeric datatype of the argument.
Examples
The following example returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to the order total of a specified order:
SELECT order_total, CEIL(order_total) FROM orders WHERE order_id = 2434; ORDER_TOTAL CEIL(ORDER_TOTAL) ----------- ----------------- 268651.8 268652