SQL MAX() Function
The MAX() Function
The MAX() function returns the largest value of the selected column.
SQL MAX() Syntax
SELECT MAX(column_name) FROM table_name
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SQL MAX() Example
We have the following "Orders" table:
O_Id |
OrderDate |
OrderPrice |
Customer |
1 |
2008/11/12 |
1000 |
Hansen |
2 |
2008/10/23 |
1600 |
Nilsen |
3 |
2008/09/02 |
700 |
Hansen |
4 |
2008/09/03 |
300 |
Hansen |
5 |
2008/08/30 |
2000 |
Jensen |
6 |
2008/10/04 |
100 |
Nilsen |
Now we want to find the largest value of the "OrderPrice" column.
We use
the following SQL
statement:
SELECT MAX(OrderPrice) AS LargestOrderPrice FROM Orders
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The result-set will look like this:
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