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TAN (SQL Server Compact Edition)

SQL Server 2005

Returns the tangent of the input expression.


TAN ( float_expression )

float_expression: An expression of data types that can be implicitly converted to float, interpreted as number of radians.

float

The following example returns the tangent of various angles.

CREATE TABLE Tangent ("TAN(0)" float, "TAN(PI()/6)" float, "TAN(PI()/4)" float, "TAN(PI()/3)" float, "TAN(PI()/2)" float)
INSERT INTO Tangent VALUES (TAN(0), TAN(PI()/6), TAN(PI()/4), TAN(PI()/3), TAN(PI()/2))
SELECT * FROM Tangent

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