MIN

Returns the minimum value in its argument. NULL values are ignored. If all inputs are NULL, MIN returns NULL.

Syntax

MIN(<expression>)

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Supported input types
<expression>	The expression whose minimum to determine	Any type

Return Types

Same as input type

Example

For this example, see the following table, tournaments:

name	totalprizedollars
The Drift Championship	22,048
The Lost Track Showdown	5,336
The Acceleration Championship	19,274
The French Grand Prix	237
The Circuit Championship	9,739

When used on the totalprizedollars column, MIN will return the smallest value.

SELECT
	MIN(totalprizedollars) as minprize
FROM
	tournaments;

Returns: 237

MIN can also work on text or array columns, in which case it returns the lexicographically smallest value. In this example, the function assesses the name column in the tournaments table.

SELECT
	MIN(name) as mintournament
FROM
	tournaments;

Returns: The Acceleration Championship