bigint - Arithmetic overflow

Hi,

I am getting

Server: Msg 232, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
Arithmetic overflow error for type int, value =
1152921504606847000.000000.

when I do

select power(2,60) in query analyzer

then I tried

declare @.b bigint
select @.b = power(2,60)

same error.

I tried

select convert(bigint,power(2,60)) no luck

Is there any way to tell sql server to use bigint when it
calculate power(2,60)

Ram.This worked:

declare @.b bigint
select @.b = power(cast(2 as bigint),60)
select @.b

-------
1152921504606846976

(1 row(s) affected)|||Originally posted by rdjabarov
This worked:

declare @.b bigint
select @.b = power(cast(2 as bigint),60)
select @.b

-------
1152921504606846976

(1 row(s) affected)

much thanks !!!!!