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RADIANS function [Numeric]

Converts a number from degrees to radians.

RADIANS( numeric-expression )

numeric-expression    A number, in degrees. This angle is converted to radians.

This function converts its argument to DOUBLE, performs the computation in double-precision floating point, and returns a DOUBLE as the result.

• SQL/2003    Vendor extension.

The following statement returns a value of approximately 0.5236.

SELECT RADIANS( 30 );