radians

Converts degrees to radians. Returns the size, in radians, of an angle with the specified number of degrees.

Syntax

radians(numeric)

numeric – is any exact numeric (numeric, dec, decimal, tinyint, smallint, or int), approximate numeric (float, real, or double precision), or money column, variable, constant expression, or a combination of these.

Example 1 – Returns the size, in radians, of 2578:

select radians(2578)

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         44

radians, a mathematical function, converts degrees to radians. Results are of the same type as numeric.
To express numeric or decimal dataypes, this function returns precision: 38, scale 18.
When money datatypes are used, internal conversion to float may cause loss of precision.

ANSI SQL – Compliance level: Transact-SQL extension.

Any user can execute radians.