{"id":1031,"date":"2016-07-20T06:59:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T06:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sqltutorial.org\/?page_id=1031"},"modified":"2025-03-16T20:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T03:54:09","slug":"sql-mod","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/sql-math-functions\/sql-mod\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL MOD Function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn how to use the SQL <code>MOD<\/code> function that returns the remainder of one number divided by another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='introduction-to-the-sql-mod-function'>Introduction to the SQL MOD function <a href=\"#introduction-to-the-sql-mod-function\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"introduction-to-the-sql-mod-function\" title=\"Anchor for Introduction to the SQL MOD function\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>MOD<\/code> function returns the remainder (modulus) of a number divided by another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the syntax of the <code>MOD<\/code> function:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">MOD(a,b);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The <code>MOD<\/code> function accepts two arguments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>a<\/code> is a number or numeric expression to divide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>b<\/code> is the divisor which is also a number or expression by which to divide the dividend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If b is 0, most database systems will issue a division by zero error except for Oracle database. Oracle database will return the dividend (a) instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most database systems use the following formula to calculate the modulus except for Oracle and MySQL:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">a - b*(FLOOR(a\/b));<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The following table illustrates the result when using the <code>MOD<\/code> function for calculating the modulus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table cellalignment1500\"><table><thead><tr><th>a<\/th><th>b<\/th><th>Oracle, MySQL<\/th><th>PostgreSQL, SQL Server, IBM DB2<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><code>11<\/code><\/td><td><code>4<\/code><\/td><td><code>3<\/code><\/td><td><code>3<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>11<\/code><\/td><td><code>-4<\/code><\/td><td><span style=\"font-family: monospace;\">-1<\/span><\/td><td>&nbsp;<code>3<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>-11<\/code><\/td><td><code>4<\/code><\/td><td>&nbsp;<code>2<\/code><\/td><td>&nbsp;<code>-3<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>-11<\/code><\/td><td><code>-4<\/code><\/td><td><code>-3<\/code><\/td><td><code>-3<\/code><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides the <code>MOD<\/code> function, some database systems provide a built-in modulo operator % such as Microsoft <code>SQL,<\/code> MySQL, and PostgresQL that is equivalent to the <code>MOD<\/code> function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='sql-mod-function-examples'>SQL MOD function examples <a href=\"#sql-mod-function-examples\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"sql-mod-function-examples\" title=\"Anchor for SQL MOD function examples\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following statement divides the number 33 by 5 that results in 6 as the integer portion of the result and 4 as the remainder.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span>\n  <span class=\"hljs-number\">33<\/span> \/ <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">AS<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">integer<\/span>,\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">MOD<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">33<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">AS<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">remainder<\/span>;<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"> integer | remainder\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\">---------+-----------<\/span>\n       6 |         3<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>You can use the modulo operator (%) to get the modulus of 13 divided by 3 as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">13<\/span> % <span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">AS<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">remainder<\/span>;<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-6\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"> remainder\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\">-----------<\/span>\n         1<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-6\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at the <code>employees<\/code> table in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/sql-sample-database\/\">sample database<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/employees.png\" alt=\"employees_table\" class=\"wp-image-237\" title=\"SQL MOD function example\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s assume you want to divide the employees into Odd and Even teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Odd team includes the employees whose employee IDs are odd, and the Even team includes the employees whose employee IDs are even.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following statement uses the MOD function in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/sql-case\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CASE<\/a> expression to assign employees to the Odd or Even team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/sql-group-by\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GROUP BY<\/a> clause groups employees by team, and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/sql-count\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COUNT<\/a> function returns the number of employees in each team.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-7\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span>\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">CASE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">MOD<\/span>(employee_id, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>)\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">WHEN<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">THEN<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Even'<\/span>\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ELSE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Odd'<\/span>\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">END<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">AS<\/span> team,\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">COUNT<\/span>(employee_id)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span>\n  employees\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">GROUP<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">BY<\/span>\n  team;<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-7\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/playground\/?q=U0VMRUNUIENBU0UgTU9EKGVtcGxveWVlX2lkLCAyKSBXSEVOIDAgVEhFTiAnRXZlbicgRUxTRSAnT2RkJyBFTkQgQVMgdGVhbSwgQ09VTlQoZW1wbG95ZWVfaWQpIEZST00gZW1wbG95ZWVzIEdST1VQIEJZIHRlYW07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try it<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><span><code class=\"hljs\"> team | count\n------+-------\n Even |    21\n Odd  |    19<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='summary'>Summary <a href=\"#summary\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"summary\" title=\"Anchor for Summary\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the SQL <code>MOD<\/code> function to get the modulo of a number divided by another.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"helpful-block-content\" data-title=\"\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"wth-question\">Was this tutorial helpful ?<\/div>\n\t\t<div 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