MAX()
Published May 4, 2021Updated Sep 3, 2021
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The MAX() aggregate function takes the name of a column as an argument and returns the largest value in a column.
Syntax
SELECT MAX(column_name)FROM table_name;
The opposite of MAX() is MIN().
Example
For instance, suppose there’s a transactions table with the following values:
| date | amount |
|---|---|
| 2023-01-30 | 2.75 |
| 2023-01-31 | 6.00 |
| 2023-01-31 | 4.20 |
The given query will return the largest value from the amount column:
SELECT MAX(amount)FROM transactions;
The result would be:
| MAX(amount) |
|---|
| 6.00 |
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