MAX (Transact-SQL)
SQL Server 2012
Returns the maximum value in the expression. May be followed by the OVER clause.
A. Simple example
The following example returns the highest (maximum) tax rate.
USE AdventureWorks2012; GO SELECT MAX(TaxRate) FROM Sales.SalesTaxRate; GO
Here is the result set.
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19.60
Warning, null value eliminated from aggregate.
(1 row(s) affected)
B. Using the OVER clause
The following example uses the MIN, MAX, AVG and COUNT functions with the OVER clause to provide aggregated values for each department in the HumanResources.Department table.
USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
SELECT DISTINCT Name
, MIN(Rate) OVER (PARTITION BY edh.DepartmentID) AS MinSalary
, MAX(Rate) OVER (PARTITION BY edh.DepartmentID) AS MaxSalary
, AVG(Rate) OVER (PARTITION BY edh.DepartmentID) AS AvgSalary
,COUNT(edh.BusinessEntityID) OVER (PARTITION BY edh.DepartmentID) AS EmployeesPerDept
FROM HumanResources.EmployeePayHistory AS eph
JOIN HumanResources.EmployeeDepartmentHistory AS edh
ON eph.BusinessEntityID = edh.BusinessEntityID
JOIN HumanResources.Department AS d
ON d.DepartmentID = edh.DepartmentID
WHERE edh.EndDate IS NULL
ORDER BY Name;
Here is the result set.
Name MinSalary MaxSalary AvgSalary EmployeesPerDept ----------------------------- --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- ---------------- Document Control 10.25 17.7885 14.3884 5 Engineering 32.6923 63.4615 40.1442 6 Executive 39.06 125.50 68.3034 4 Facilities and Maintenance 9.25 24.0385 13.0316 7 Finance 13.4615 43.2692 23.935 10 Human Resources 13.9423 27.1394 18.0248 6 Information Services 27.4038 50.4808 34.1586 10 Marketing 13.4615 37.50 18.4318 11 Production 6.50 84.1346 13.5537 195 Production Control 8.62 24.5192 16.7746 8 Purchasing 9.86 30.00 18.0202 14 Quality Assurance 10.5769 28.8462 15.4647 6 Research and Development 40.8654 50.4808 43.6731 4 Sales 23.0769 72.1154 29.9719 18 Shipping and Receiving 9.00 19.2308 10.8718 6 Tool Design 8.62 29.8462 23.5054 6 (16 row(s) affected)
