SQL Server SQFEET Function

Updated 2023-11-08 20:55:39.527000

Description

Use the scalar function SQFEET to convert from acres, hectares, square feet, square inches, square meters, square miles, or square yards to square feet.

Syntax

SELECT [westclintech].[wct].[SQFEET] (
  <@Area, float,>
 ,<@From_scale, nvarchar(4000),>)

Arguments

@Area

is any real number. @Area is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.

@From_scale

is the description of the units for @Area. @From_scale must be a valid value as specified in area unit representations. @From_scale must be of a data type that is implicitly convertible to varchar.

Return Type

float

Remarks

The following table is a representation of the conversion of one of the area units of measure into square feet:

Conversion of meters includes all the standard prefixes with kilo representing 1,000 and yocto representing 10E-24.

Examples

select wct.SQFEET(100, 'yd^2');

Here is the result set.