acos

Syntax

acos(cosine)

Parameters

• cosine – is the cosine 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 – Returns the angle where the cosine is 0.52:

  select acos(0.52)

  -------------------- 
             1.023945

Usage

See also Transact-SQL Users Guide.

Standards

ANSI SQL – Compliance level: Transact-SQL extension.

Permissions

Any user can execute acos.