DEGREES (SQL Server Compact)

Given an angle in radians, returns the corresponding angle in degrees.

Syntax

DEGREES ( numeric_expression ) 

Arguments

  • numeric_expression
    An expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type categories, or of types that are implicitly convertible to float.

Return Code Values

Returns the same type as numeric_expression, except for the following expressions.

Specified expression

Return type

tinyint, smallint

int

real/float

float

Nonnumeric types that can be implicitly converted to float

float

Example

The following example returns the degree value of various angles expressed in radians.

CREATE TABLE "Degrees" ("PI()/2" float, "PI()/3" float, "PI()/4" float);
INSERT INTO "Degrees" VALUES (DEGREES(PI()/2), DEGREES(PI()/3), DEGREES(PI()/4));
SELECT * FROM "Degrees";