---
id: sql-min
title: "SQL Min"
category: "Database"
status: "draft"
verification_status: "conceptual"
canonical_id: ""
aliases: ["SQL MIN() Function", "MIN function", "SQL 최솟값"]
duplicate_of: ""
source_trust_level: "B"
confidence_score: 0.9
created_at: 2026-07-04
updated_at: 2026-07-04
review_reason: ""
merge_history: []
tags: ["sql", "database", "w3schools", "min", "aggregate"]
raw_sources: ["https://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_min_max.asp"]
applied_in: []
github_commit: ""
---

# [[SQL Min]]

## 🎯 한 줄 통찰 (One-line insight)
MIN() returns the smallest value in a column across numeric, string, or date types, and its unnamed result column typically needs an alias. [S1]

## 🧠 핵심 개념 (Core concepts)
- **MIN() function** — returns the smallest value of the selected column; works with numeric, string, and date data types. [S1]
- **Syntax** — `SELECT MIN(column_name) FROM table_name WHERE condition;`. [S1]
- **Unnamed result** — MIN()'s returned column has no name by default; use `AS` to give it a descriptive alias. [S1]
- **MIN() with GROUP BY** — returns the smallest value per group, e.g. lowest price per category. [S1]

## 📖 세부 내용 (Details)
- Lowest price: `SELECT MIN(Price) FROM Products;`. [S1]
- With alias: `SELECT MIN(Price) AS SmallestPrice FROM Products;`. [S1]
- On a date column: `SELECT MIN(BirthDate) AS EarliestBirthdate FROM Employees;`. [S1]
- With GROUP BY: `SELECT MIN(Price) AS SmallestPrice, CategoryID FROM Products GROUP BY CategoryID;`. [S1]

## ⚖️ 모순 및 업데이트 (Contradictions & updates)
소스에서 모순되는 정보는 발견되지 않음.

## 🛠️ 적용 사례 (Applied in summary)
현재 발견된 실제 적용 사례가 없습니다 — MAX()와 짝을 이뤄 범위(최소~최대) 리포트에 자주 함께 쓰인다. [S1]

## 💻 코드 패턴 (Code patterns)
MIN with alias and GROUP BY (SQL):
```sql
SELECT MIN(Price) AS SmallestPrice, CategoryID
FROM Products
GROUP BY CategoryID;
```

## ✅ 검증 상태 및 신뢰도
- **상태:** draft
- **검증 단계:** conceptual
- **출처 신뢰도:** B (W3Schools — widely used educational reference, not a primary standards body)
- **신뢰 점수:** 0.90
- **중복 검사 결과:** 신규 생성 (New discovery)

## 🔗 지식 그래프 (Knowledge Graph)
- **상위/루트:** [[SQL Tutorial]]
- **관련 개념:** [[SQL Aggregate Functions]], [[SQL Max]], [[SQL Group By]]
- **참조 맥락:** 최솟값 조회가 필요한 모든 리포트의 기본 함수 — MAX()와 대칭 관계.

## 📚 출처 (Sources)
- [S1] W3Schools — SQL MIN() Function — https://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_min_max.asp

## 📝 변경 이력 (Change history)
- 2026-07-04: Initial draft synthesized from the W3Schools "SQL MIN() Function" page (Astra wiki-curation, P-Reinforce v3.1 format).