MIN()
The MIN() aggregate function takes the name of a column as an argument and returns the smallest value in a column.
Syntax
SELECT MIN(column_name)FROM table_name;
The opposite of MIN() is MAX().
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 smallest value from the amount column:
SELECT MIN(amount)FROM transactions;
The result would be:
| MIN(amount) |
|---|
| 2.75 |
