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multiply

Description​

Computes the product of the arguments.

Syntax​

multiply(arg1, arg2)

Parameters​

arg1: numeric source column or literal. arg2: numeric source column or literal.

Return value​

Returns the product of two arguments. The return type depends on the arguments.

Usage notes​

If you specify a non-numeric value, this function will fail.

Examples​

MySQL [test]> select multiply(10,2);
+-----------------+
| multiply(10, 2) |
+-----------------+
|              20 |
+-----------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

MySQL [test]> select multiply(1,2.1);
+------------------+
| multiply(1, 2.1) |
+------------------+
|              2.1 |
+------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

MySQL [test]> select * from t;
+------+------+------+------+
| id   | name | job1 | job2 |
+------+------+------+------+
|    2 |    2 |    2 |    2 |
+------+------+------+------+
1 row in set (0.08 sec)

MySQL [test]> select multiply(1.0,id) from t;
+-------------------+
| multiply(1.0, id) |
+-------------------+
|                 2 |
+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

keyword​

multiply