Numeric Results and Rounding - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.10
Published
July 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-07-28
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lifecycle
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

When computing an expression, numeric results that are not exact are rounded, not truncated.

For more information on rounding rules and how the RoundHalfwayMagUp and RoundNumberAsDec fields in DBSControl affect rounding, see “Numeric Data Types” in Teradata Vantage™ - Data Types and Literals, B035-1143 and “DBS Control utility” in Teradata Vantage™ - Database Utilities , B035-1102 .