ABS (SQL Server Compact Edition)

Returns the absolute, positive value of the given numeric expression.

Syntax

ABS ( numeric_expression )

Arguments

  • numeric_expression
    Is an expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type categories, or types that are implicitly convertible to float.

Return Value

Returns the same type as numeric_expression except for the following expressions:

Specified expression Return type

tinyint, smallint

int

real/float

float

Nonnumeric types that can be implicitly converted to float

float

Example

The following example returns the absolute value of the difference between the number of products in stock and number of products that have been ordered.

SELECT (UnitsInStock - UnitsOnOrder), ABS(UnitsInStock - UnitsOnOrder)
FROM Products