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SQL> -- create demo table
SQL> create table myTable(
  2    id           NUMBER(2),
  3    value        NUMBER(6,2)
  4  )
  5  /

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> -- prepare data
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (1,9)
  2  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (2,2.11)
  2  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (3,3.44)
  2  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (5,10)
  2  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (6,3)
  2  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (8,123.45)
  2  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (9,98.23)
  2  /

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL> select * from myTable
  2  /

        ID      VALUE
---------- ----------
         1          9
         2       2.11
         3       3.44
         5         10
         6          3
         8     123.45
         9      98.23

7 rows selected.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> SELECT id, value, SQRT(value) FROM myTable
  2  /

        ID      VALUE SQRT(VALUE)
---------- ---------- -----------
         1          9           3
         2       2.11   1.4525839
         3       3.44   1.8547237
         5         10  3.16227766
         6          3  1.73205081
         8     123.45  11.1108056
         9      98.23  9.91110488

7 rows selected.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> -- clean the table
SQL> drop table myTable
  2  /

Table dropped.

SQL>








14.21.SQRT
14.21.1.SQRT(x) gets the square root of x.
14.21.2.Use SQRT in column data
14.21.3.Using SQRT and ABS together
14.21.4.SQRT(25)
14.21.5.SQRT(5)