The SQL MIN() function is used to return the lowest value from a selected column.
Example Customer Table
The following data table is for example only. Let's use MIN() function to get the lowest age from a customer table. The column we going to use is the Age column.
ID | Name | Age |
1 | Thomas Anderson | 45 |
2 | Andrew Golden | 38 |
3 | Ken Tom | 30 |
4 | Andrew Golden | 36 |
5 | Timothy Kirk | 32 |
6 | Kelly Smith | 39 |
Example of Running SQL Query
SELECT MIN(Age) AS Lowest_Age FROM Customers
After running the above query, it will return the following result.
Lowest_Age |
30 |