ceiling

Declaration

double function ceiling(double X)

Description

Ceiling returns the next highest whole number of double X.. For InterBase ceiling (2.1) would return 3.0.

Example Stored Procedure

CREATE PROCEDURE test_ceiling (X DOUBLE PRECISION)

RETURNS (result DOUBLE PRECISION) AS

BEGIN

result = ceiling(X);

END!!

WISQL - calling the example stored procedure

execute procedure test_ceiling(1.23);

RESULT

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2

execute procedure test_ceiling(-1.23);

RESULT

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-1

execute procedure test_ceiling(-11.23);

RESULT

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-11

execute procedure test_ceiling(11.23);

RESULT

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12

execute procedure test_ceiling(0);

RESULT

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0