Calculates one number raised to the power of another.

Syntax

POWER( numeric-expression-1, numeric-expression-2 )

Parameters

Remarks

This function converts its arguments to DOUBLE, performs the computation in double-precision floating point, and returns a DOUBLE as the result. If any argument is NULL, the result is a NULL value.

Standards and compatibility

Example

The following statement returns the value 64.

SELECT POWER( 2, 6 );