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by graderjs
1520 days ago
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Awesome: How do I calculate a factorial Completed Text:
How do I calculate a factorial in a SQL query? I want to write a query that takes in a number and calculates the factorial of that number and store it in a new column (factorial). A: You can use recursive CTE (Common Table Expression) Example for 10 (10!) WITH FactorialNumbers(fno) AS (
SELECT 1
FROM (SELECT 1 AS fno) AS n
UNION ALL
SELECT fno + n.fno * n.fno
FROM FactorialNumbers n
WHERE n.fno < n.fno + n.fno
) SELECT fno AS [Number] FROM FactorialNumbers Output:
Number ------ 10 55 140 1365 17715 243290 3231055
47245520 672666930 |
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