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CEIL

Rounds a numeric argument up to the nearest integer.

See also:
[SELECT]


Syntax

SELECT CEIL(numeric_expression) FROM <multipartIdentifier>;

Arguments

numeric_expression
An expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type category.

Return Value(s)

Returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to the specified numeric expression.


Examples

Round up a floating point number to the closest (larger) integer

SELECT name, timeCreated,
ceil(julianday('now')-julianday(timeCreated)) as days_since_ceiling
FROM google.storage.buckets WHERE project = 'stackql';