It s the opposite of the ceiling function and is often used as an alternative to round.
Opposite of floor function in oracle.
This post is related with oracle the ceiling function does the opposite of floor function.
Conversely the ceil function determines the smallest integer greater than or equal to a particular numeric value.
The oracle plsql floor function returns the largest integer value that is equal to or less than a number.
The function returns the same datatype as the numeric datatype of the argument.
The floor function determines the largest integer less than or equal to a particular numeric value.
The purpose of the oracle floor function is to return the highest integer value that is equal to or less than a number.
The function takes any numeric or nonnumeric data type can be implicitly converted to a numeric data type as an argument.
It basically rounds down to a whole number.
Oracle floor function last update on february 26 2020 08 08 20 utc gmt 8 hours description.
This oracle tutorial explains how to use the oracle plsql floor function with syntax and examples.
Floor returns largest integer equal to or less than n.
Note it rounds up the non integer number to the next highest value.
It returns the smallest integer greater than the value you specify.
Description of the illustration floor gif.
Syntax ceiling expression example select ceiling 400 45 it will output 401.