At 05:43 PM 12/18/2005, James Harvard wrote:
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



James,
Yes, it's a bit more complicated than that. I'm using an expression so I don't want to have to repeat the whole expression all over again.

Mike




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?

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