How to Floor Numbers in SQL Database: SQL PostgreSQL Oracle MS SQL Server MySQL SQLite Operators: FLOOR Table of Contents Problem: Example: Solution: Discussion: Problem: You want to round a number down to the nearest integer. Example: Our database has a table named employee with data in the following columns: id, first_name, last_name, and hours_worked (for the current month). idfirst_namelast_namehours_worked 1AlanWatson95 2LisaBlack225 3LauraWilliams104 Let’s show the first and last name of each employee along with the number of days they worked. Since the table only shows the number of hours worked and not the days, we have to compute this value ourselves. For this problem, we’ll assume that each employee has a standard eight-hour workday with no irregularities. Therefore, the number of days worked is the number of hours divided by eight. Solution: SELECT last_name, first_name, FLOOR(hours_worked/8) AS days_worked FROM employee; The query returns the first and last name of each employee and the number of days they worked this month. last_namefirst_namedays_worked WatsonAlan11 BlackLisa28 WilliamsLaura13 Discussion: Flooring is a simple mathematical operation that takes a number and rounds it down to the nearest integer. For example, the floor of 5 is 5 itself, while the floor of 5.1 is also 5. As another example, the floor of 4.9 is 4. In SQL, we use the FLOOR function. It takes the number to round and returns the nearest integer that’s less than or equal to it. In our example, the number of days worked has to be an integer, not a floating-point number. Thus, we used (FLOOR(hours_worked/8)). Recommended courses: SQL Basics SQL Practice Set Recommended articles: Standard SQL Functions Cheat Sheet Where to Practice SQL 5 SQL Functions for Manipulating Strings See also: How to Trim Strings in SQL How to Replace Part of a String in SQL How to Round Numbers in SQL Subscribe to our newsletter Join our monthly newsletter to be notified about the latest posts. Email address How Do You Write a SELECT Statement in SQL? What Is a Foreign Key in SQL? Enumerate and Explain All the Basic Elements of an SQL Query