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<refentry id="fn_ceiling">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>ceiling</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>number</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>ceiling</refname>
<refpurpose>Round a number to positive infinity.</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis id="fsyn_ceiling">
<funcprototype id="fproto_ceiling">
<funcdef><function>ceiling</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>in <parameter>x</parameter> double precision</paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="desc_ceiling"><title>Description</title>
<para><function>ceiling</function> calculates the smallest integer greater than or equal to <parameter>x</parameter>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="params_ceiling"><title>Parameters</title>
<refsect2><title>x</title>
<para><type>double precision</type></para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="ret_ceiling"><title>Return Values</title>
<para><function>ceiling</function> returns a 32-bit
<type>integer</type>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="examples_ceiling"><title>Examples</title>
<example id="ex_ceiling"><title>Simple Examples</title>
<screen>
SQL> select ceiling (12.3456), ceiling (-12.3456), ceiling (0.513513);
callret callret callret
INTEGER INTEGER INTEGER
_______________________________________________________________________________
13 -12 1
1 Rows. -- 4 msec.
</screen>
</example>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="seealso_ceiling"><title>See Also</title>
<para><link linkend="fn_floor"><function>floor</function></link></para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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