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SIN function [Numeric]

Returns the sine of a number.

SIN( numeric-expression )

numeric-expression    The angle, in radians.

The SIN function returns the sine of the argument, where the argument is an angle expressed in radians. The SIN and ASIN functions are inverse operations.

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

• ASIN function [Numeric]
• COS function [Numeric]
• COT function [Numeric]
• TAN function [Numeric]

• SQL/2003    Vendor extension.

The following statement returns the SIN value of 0.52.

SELECT SIN( 0.52 );