MIN 函数用于寻找记录集中拥有最小值的记录。
为了理解 MIN 函数，还是以 employee_tbl 表为例，它的所有记录如下所示：
mysql> SELECT * FROM employee_tbl;
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| id | name | work_date | daily_typing_pages |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| 1 | John | 2007-01-24 | 250 |
| 2 | Ram | 2007-05-27 | 220 |
| 3 | Jack | 2007-05-06 | 170 |
| 3 | Jack | 2007-04-06 | 100 |
| 4 | Jill | 2007-04-06 | 220 |
| 5 | Zara | 2007-06-06 | 300 |
| 5 | Zara | 2007-02-06 | 350 |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)
假设需要根据上表获取 daily_typing_pages 的最小值，只需使用如下命令即可：
mysql> SELECT MIN(daily_typing_pages)
-> FROM employee_tbl;
+-------------------------+
| MIN(daily_typing_pages) |
+-------------------------+
| 100 |
+-------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
也可以使用 GROUP BY 子句找到每一名字下的最小值记录。
mysql>SELECT id, name, MIN(daily_typing_pages)
-> FROM employee_tbl GROUP BY name;
+------+------+-------------------------+
| id | name | MIN(daily_typing_pages) |
+------+------+-------------------------+
| 3 | Jack | 100 |
| 4 | Jill | 220 |
| 1 | John | 250 |
| 2 | Ram | 220 |
| 5 | Zara | 300 |
+------+------+-------------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)