SIGN Usage Notes - Teradata Vantage

Teradata® VantageCloud Lake
Deployment
VantageCloud
Edition
Lake
Product
Teradata Vantage
Published
January 2023
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For all numeric types except FLOAT/REAL/DOUBLE PRECISION, SIGN returns the following:
  • If numeric_value is < 0, -1 is returned.
  • If numeric_value is = 0, 0 is returned.
  • If numeric_value is > 0, 1 is returned.
For FLOAT/REAL/DOUBLE PRECISION, SIGN returns the following:
  • If numeric_value is < 0, -1 is returned.
  • If numeric_value is >= 0, 1 is returned.

If the input argument is NULL, the function returns NULL.