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> (Greater Than) (Transact-SQL)
< (Less Than) (Transact-SQL)
>= (Greater Than or Equal To) (Transact-SQL)
<= (Less Than or Equal To) (Transact-SQL)
<> (Not Equal To) (Transact-SQL)
!< (Not Less Than) (Transact-SQL)
!= (Not Equal To) (Transact-SQL)
!> (Not Greater Than) (Transact-SQL)
-- (Comment) (Transact-SQL)
/*...*/ (Comment) (Transact-SQL)
[ ] (Wildcard - Character(s) to Match) (Transact-SQL)
[^] (Wildcard - Character(s) Not to Match) (Transact-SQL)
_ (Wildcard - Match One Character) (Transact-SQL)
$PARTITION (Transact-SQL)
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@@DATEFIRST (Transact-SQL)
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APP_NAME (Transact-SQL)
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ASIN (Transact-SQL)
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ASYMKEYPROPERTY (Transact-SQL)
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ATN2 (Transact-SQL)
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BACKUP (Transact-SQL)
BACKUP CERTIFICATE (Transact-SQL)
BACKUP MASTER KEY (Transact-SQL)
BACKUP SERVICE MASTER KEY (Transact-SQL)
BEGIN...END (Transact-SQL)
BEGIN CONVERSATION TIMER (Transact-SQL)
BEGIN DIALOG CONVERSATION (Transact-SQL)
BEGIN DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)
BEGIN TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)
BETWEEN (Transact-SQL)
binary and varbinary (Transact-SQL)
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bit (Transact-SQL)
BREAK (Transact-SQL)
BULK INSERT (Transact-SQL)
CASE (Transact-SQL)
CAST and CONVERT (Transact-SQL)
CATCH (TRY...CATCH) (Transact-SQL)
CEILING (Transact-SQL)
CERTPROPERTY (Transact-SQL)
Cert_ID (Transact-SQL)
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datetime2 (Transact-SQL)
datetimeoffset (Transact-SQL)
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ENABLE TRIGGER (Transact-SQL)
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FLOOR (Transact-SQL)
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fn_my_permissions (Transact-SQL)
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fn_trace_getinfo (Transact-SQL)
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fn_virtualfilestats (Transact-SQL)
fn_virtualservernodes (Transact-SQL)
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FORMATMESSAGE (Transact-SQL)
FREETEXT (Transact-SQL)
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FROM (Transact-SQL)
FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY (Transact-SQL)
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geography (Transact-SQL)
geometry (Transact-SQL)
GET CONVERSATION GROUP (Transact-SQL)
GET_FILESTREAM_TRANSACTION_CONTEXT (Transact-SQL)
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GROUPING_ID (Transact-SQL)
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hierarchyid (Transact-SQL)
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money and smallmoney (Transact-SQL)
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ntext, text, and image (Transact-SQL)
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DEGREES (Transact-SQL)

SQL Server 2008

Returns the corresponding angle in degrees for an angle specified in radians.

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DEGREES (numeric_expression )
numeric_expression

Is an expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type category, except for the bit data type.

Returns the same type as numeric_expression.

The following example returns the number of degrees in an angle of PI/2 radians.

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SELECT 'The number of degrees in PI/2 radians is: ' + 
CONVERT(varchar, DEGREES((PI()/2)));
GO

Here is the result set.

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The number of degrees in PI/2 radians is 90       

(1 row(s) affected)
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