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title *= (Multiplication Assignment) (Transact-SQL)
description *= (Multiplication Assignment) (Transact-SQL)
author rwestMSFT
ms.author randolphwest
ms.date 03/06/2017
ms.service sql
ms.subservice t-sql
ms.topic reference
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compound operators, *=
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*= (multiply equals)
*= (multiplication assignment)
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*= (Multiplication Assignment) (Transact-SQL)

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Multiplies two numbers and sets a value to the result of the operation. For example, if a variable @x equals 35, then @x *= 2 takes the original value of @x, multiplies by 2 and sets @x to that new value (70).

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

Syntax

expression *= expression  

Arguments

expression
Is any valid data type expression, except the bit type, in the numeric category.

Result Types

Returns the data type of the argument with the higher precedence. For more information, see Data Type Precedence (Transact-SQL).

Remarks

For more information, see * (Multiplication) (Transact-SQL).

See Also

Compound Operators (Transact-SQL)
Expressions (Transact-SQL)
Operators (Transact-SQL)