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PI function - Amazon Redshift
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PI function

The PI function returns the value of pi to 14 decimal places.

Syntax

PI()

Return type

DOUBLE PRECISION

Examples

To return the value of pi, use the following example.

SELECT PI(); +-------------------+ | pi | +-------------------+ | 3.141592653589793 | +-------------------+