The default number of decimal places displayed is seven, but MySQL uses the full double-precision value internally.
mysql>
mysql> SELECT PI();
+----------+
| PI() |
+----------+
| 3.141593 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT PI()+0.000000000000000000;
+---------------------------+
| PI()+0.000000000000000000 |
+---------------------------+
| 3.141592653589793100 |
+---------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
21.27.PI |
| 21.27.1. | PI() returns the value of |D (pi). |