# **MIN**

## **Function Description**

`MIN()` is a type of aggregate function that calculates the minimum value of a set of values.

## **Function Syntax**

```text
> MIN(expr)
```

## **Parameter definition**

| Parameters | Description |
| ---- | ---- |
| expr | Column name of any numeric type and string column|

## **Return value**

Returns the minimum value in the `expr` column, and you can also use a string in `MIN()`, which will return the smallest string value.

## **Example**

```text
> drop table if exists tbl1,tbl2;
> create table tbl1 (col_1a tinyint, col_1b smallint, col_1c int, col_1d bigint, col_1e char(10) not null);
> insert into tbl1 values (0,1,1,7,"a");
> insert into tbl1 values (0,1,2,8,"b");
> insert into tbl1 values (0,1,3,9,"c");
> insert into tbl1 values (0,1,4,10,"D");
> insert into tbl1 values (0,1,5,11,"a");
> insert into tbl1 values (0,1,6,12,"c");

> select min(col_1d) from tbl1;
+-----------------+
| min(col_1d) |
+-----------------+
| 7 |
+-----------------+

> select min(col_1c) as m1 from tbl1 where col_1d<12 group by col_1e;
+------+
| m1 |
+------+
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
+------+
```