SQL MAX函数被用来找出记录集合中的最大值的记录。
理解MAX()函数，考虑一个employee_tbl表，其具有以下记录：
SQL> 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)
现在假设想要取daily_typing_pages的最大值在上述表中，那么可以这样做简单地使用下面的命令：
SQL> SELECT MAX(daily_typing_pages) -> FROM employee_tbl; +-------------------------+ | MAX(daily_typing_pages) | +-------------------------+ | 350 | +-------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
可以找到所有使用GROUP BY子句，如下每个名称最大值记录：
SQL> SELECT id, name, MAX(daily_typing_pages) -> FROM employee_tbl GROUP BY name; +------+------+-------------------------+ | id | name | MAX(daily_typing_pages) | +------+------+-------------------------+ | 3 | Jack | 170 | | 4 | Jill | 220 | | 1 | John | 250 | | 2 | Ram | 220 | | 5 | Zara | 350 | +------+------+-------------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
您可以使用MIN()函数找出最小值以及MAX()函数找出最大值，试试下面的例子：
SQL> SELECT MIN(daily_typing_pages) least, MAX(daily_typing_pages) max -> FROM employee_tbl; +-------+------+ | least | max | +-------+------+ | 100 | 350 | +-------+------+ 1 row in set (0.01 sec)
