MySQL provides inbuilt functions to find the minimum and maximum values.
SQL provides 5 aggregate functions. They are:
- MIN(): Minimum value
- MAX(): Maximum value
- SUM(): The sum of values
- AVG(): The average values
- COUNT(): Counts the number of entries
In this session of the online MySQL course, we’ll look at finding the minimum and maximum values in a column.
MySQL MIN() – Minimum value
select MIN(salary) from employee_data; +-------------+ | MIN(salary) | +-------------+ | 70000 | +-------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
MySQL MAX() – Maximum value
select MAX(salary) from employee_data; +-------------+ | MAX(salary) | +-------------+ | 200000 | +-------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)