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MAX

Example

Retrieve the price of the highest-priced product in the “Products” table.

SELECT MAX(Price) AS LargestPrice FROM Products;

Definition and Usage

The MAX() function retrieves the highest value from a set of values.

Note: Consider using the MIN() function for retrieving the lowest value.

Syntax

MAX(expression)

Parameter Values

Parameter

Description

expression

Required: A numerical value, which can be either a field or a formula.

Technical Details

Works in:

SQL Server (beginning from 2008), Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, and Parallel Data Warehouse