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MySQL | MIN method
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MySQL's MIN(~)
aggregate method returns the minimum value from the provided input.
Parameters
1. expr
| expression
The expression to return the minimum value for.
Return value
The minimum value from the provided input. For string arguments, the minimum string value is returned.
Examples
Consider the following table about some students:
student_id | fname | lname | day_enrolled | age | username |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sky | Towner | 2015-12-03 | 17 | stowner1 |
2 | Ben | Davis | 2016-04-20 | 19 | bdavis2 |
3 | Travis | Apple | 2018-08-14 | 18 | tapple3 |
4 | Arthur | David | 2016-04-01 | 16 | adavid4 |
5 | Benjamin | Town | 2014-01-01 | 17 | btown5 |
The above sample table can be created using the code here.
Basic usage
To return the minimum age of students:
SELECT MIN(age) AS "Minimum Age"FROM students;
+-------------+| Minimum Age |+-------------+| 16 |+-------------+
To return only students who are equal to the minimum age:
SELECT *FROM studentsWHERE age = (SELECT MIN(age) FROM students);
+------------+--------+-------+--------------+------+----------+| student_id | fname | lname | day_enrolled | age | username |+------------+--------+-------+--------------+------+----------+| 4 | Arthur | David | 2016-04-01 | 16 | adavid4 |+------------+--------+-------+--------------+------+----------+
Published by Arthur Yanagisawa
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Official MySQL Documentation
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/group-by-functions.html#function_min
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