SQRT

sqrt

description

Syntax

DOUBLE sqrt(DOUBLE x) Returns the square root of x.x is required to be greater than or equal to 0.

tip

Another alias for this function is dsqrt.

example

mysql> select sqrt(9);
+-----------+
| sqrt(9.0) |
+-----------+
|         3 |
+-----------+
mysql> select sqrt(2);
+--------------------+
| sqrt(2.0)          |
+--------------------+
| 1.4142135623730951 |
+--------------------+
mysql> select sqrt(100.0);
+-------------+
| sqrt(100.0) |
+-------------+
|          10 |
+-------------+

keywords

SQRT, DSQRT