asin

Description

Returns the angle (in radians) whose sine is specified.

Syntax

asin(sine)

Parameters

sine

is the sine of the angle, expressed as a column name, variable, or constant of type float, real, double precision, or any datatype that can be implicitly converted to one of these types.

Examples

Example 1

select asin(0.52)
-------------------- 
             0.546851 

Usage

Standards

ANSI SQL – Compliance level: Transact-SQL extension.

Permissions

Any user can execute asin.

See also

“Mathematical functions” for general information about mathematical functions.

Functions degrees, radians, sin