---
title: Min/Max
description: Compute the min/max value of a field
canonical: https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/aggregates/metrics/minmax
---

`min` and `max` return the smallest and largest values of a column, respectively.

SQL's `MIN`/`MAX` syntax is supported in beta. To enable it, first run:

```sql SQL
SET paradedb.enable_aggregate_custom_scan TO on;
```

## Min

The `min` aggregation returns the smallest value in a field.

<CodeGroup>
```sql SQL
SELECT pdb.agg('{"min": {"field": "rating"}}') FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```

```ts Drizzle
import { search } from "@paradedb/drizzle-paradedb";

await db
  .select({
    agg: search.agg({ min: { field: "rating" } }),
  })
  .from(mockItems)
  .where(search.all(mockItems.id));
```

```python Django
from paradedb import Agg, All, ParadeDB

MockItem.objects.filter(
    id=ParadeDB(All())
).aggregate(agg=Agg('{"min": {"field": "rating"}}'))
```

```python SQLAlchemy
from sqlalchemy import select
from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
from paradedb.sqlalchemy import facets, pdb, search

stmt = (
    select(pdb.agg(facets.min(field="rating")))
    .select_from(MockItem)
    .where(search.all(MockItem.id))
)

with Session(engine) as session:
    session.execute(stmt).all()
```

```ruby Rails
MockItem.search(:id)
        .match_all
        .facets_agg(agg: ParadeDB::Aggregations.min(:rating))
```

```cs EF Core
await dbContext
    .MockItems.Where(item => EF.Functions.All(item.Id))
    .Select(item => EF.Functions.Agg(new { min = new { field = "rating" } }))
    .ToListAsync();
```

</CodeGroup>

```ini Expected Response
      agg
----------------
 {"value": 1.0}
(1 row)
```

See the [Tantivy documentation](https://docs.rs/tantivy/latest/tantivy/aggregation/metric/struct.MinAggregation.html) for all available options.

### SQL Min Syntax

With `paradedb.enable_aggregate_custom_scan` enabled, the following query is equivalent to the above and is executed in the same way.

```sql SQL
SELECT MIN(rating) FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```

By default, `MIN` ignores null values. Use `COALESCE` to include them in the final result:

```sql SQL
SELECT MIN(COALESCE(rating, 0)) FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```

## Max

The `max` aggregation returns the largest value in a field.

```sql SQL
SELECT pdb.agg('{"max": {"field": "rating"}}') FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```

```ini Expected Response
      agg
----------------
 {"value": 5.0}
(1 row)
```

### SQL Max Syntax

With `paradedb.enable_aggregate_custom_scan` enabled, the following query is equivalent to the above and is executed in the same way.

```sql SQL
SELECT MAX(rating) FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```

By default, `MAX` ignores null values. Use `COALESCE` to include them in the final result:

```sql SQL
SELECT MAX(COALESCE(rating, 0)) FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```