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title CEILING (Transact-SQL)
description CEILING returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to the specified numeric expression.
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ms.date 11/21/2025
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smallest integer great than or equal to expression
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CEILING function [Transact-SQL]
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CEILING (Transact-SQL)

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This function returns the smallest integer greater than, or equal to, the specified numeric expression.

:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

CEILING ( numeric_expression )

Arguments

numeric_expression

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

Return types

The return type depends on the input type of numeric_expression:

Input type Return type
float, real float
decimal(p, s) decimal(p, 0)
int, smallint, tinyint int
bigint bigint
money, smallmoney money
bit float

If the result doesn't fit in the return type, an arithmetic overflow error occurs.

For more information, see Precision, scale, and length.

Examples

This example shows positive numeric, negative numeric, and zero value inputs for the CEILING function.

SELECT CEILING($123.45),
       CEILING($-123.45),
       CEILING($0.0);

The result is the integer part of the calculated value in the same data type as numeric_expression.

------- -------- -----
124.00  -123.00  0.00

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