/ (Divide) (Transact-SQL)
Divides one number by another (an arithmetic division operator).
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Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
Syntax
dividend / divisor
Arguments
- dividend
Is the numeric expression to divide. dividend can be any valid expression of any one of the data types of the numeric data type category, except the datetime and smalldatetime data types.
- divisor
Is the numeric expression to divide the dividend by. divisor can be any valid expression of any one of the data types of the numeric data type category, except the datetime and smalldatetime data types.
Remarks
The actual value returned by the / operator is the quotient of the first expression divided by the second expression.
Result Types
Returns the data type of the argument with the higher precedence. For more information, see Data Type Precedence (Transact-SQL).
If an integer dividend is divided by an integer divisor, the result is an integer that has any fractional part of the result truncated.
Examples
The following example uses the division arithmetic operator to calculate the sales target per month for the sales people at Adventure Works Cycles.
USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT SalesPersonID, FirstName, LastName, SalesQuota, SalesQuota/12 AS 'Sales Target Per Month'
FROM Sales.SalesPerson s
JOIN HumanResources.Employee e ON s.SalesPersonID = e.EmployeeID
JOIN Person.Contact c ON e.ContactID = c.ContactID;
See Also
Reference
Data Types (Transact-SQL)
Functions (Transact-SQL)
Operators (Transact-SQL)
SELECT (Transact-SQL)
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