Re: How to Square a number?

[James Harvard]

Maybe I'm missing something, but can't you just multiply the number by itself?

select (3 * 3);

select (int_col * int_col) as squared from table_name;

James H

At 5:36 pm -0600 18/12/05, mos wrote:
>How do I square a number in MySQL 4.1? I thought it would be something simple like:
>select 3**2
>but that produces a syntax error. I can use Pow(3,2) but that produces a float. Is
> there a Square function?