Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
SQL Reference

POWER

Returns expression1 raised to the power of expression2.

Syntax

POWER ( expression1 , expression2 )

Example

This example illustrates the POWER function, raising ‘3’ to the second power:

SELECT POWER ( 3 , 2) '3 raised to the 2nd power' FROM SYSPROGRESS.SYSCALCTABLE;

Notes

expression1 must evaluate to a numeric data type.
expression2 must evaluate to an exact numeric data type.