mysql> mysql> SELECT LOG10(2); +------------------+ | LOG10(2) | +------------------+ | 0.30102999566398 | +------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> SELECT LOG10(100); +------------+ | LOG10(100) | +------------+ | 2 | +------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> SELECT LOG10(-100); +-------------+ | LOG10(-100) | +-------------+ | NULL | +-------------+ 1 row in set (0.01 sec) mysql> LOG10(X) is equivalent to LOG(10,X). mysql>