Min/Max - ParadeDB

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

SET paradedb.enable_aggregate_custom_scan TO on;

Min

The min aggregation returns the smallest value in a field.

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

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

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

from paradedb import Agg, All, ParadeDB

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

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()

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

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

Expected Response

      agg
----------------
 {"value": 1.0}
(1 row)

See the Tantivy documentation 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

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

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

Max

The max aggregation returns the largest value in a field.

SQL

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

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

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

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

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​SQL Min Syntax

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​SQL Max Syntax

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SQL Min Syntax

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SQL Max Syntax