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DELIMITER $$ DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS `rounding_to_nearest`$$ CREATE FUNCTION `rounding_to_nearest`(num decimal(15,2),round_to int,nearest varchar(10)) RETURNS decimal(15,2) BEGIN ...