MAX() Function

It is used to findout maximum value of numerical column.

EmployeeID	EmployeeName	EmployeeMobNo	EmployeeSalary
1	Mayank Dixit	9532771738	20000
2	Mona Dixit	9005408263	15000
3	Purnima	9485754875	26522
4	Payal	9785458545	19856

                                                               Employee

In the above table (employee), we want to findout the max salary of employee (EmployeeSalary).

Syntax

SELECT MAX(Column_Name) AS Alias_Column_Name

FROM Table_Name;

Example

SELECT MAX(EmployeeSalary) AS Salary_OF_Employee

FROM Employee;

Here Salary_OF_Employee is a subname (alias) of column.

Output:-

Salary_OF_Employee

26522

in the above output, we find 26522 maximum salary_of_employee.