Re: Find min and max values across two columns?

Hello,

I tried "select greatest(max(a), max(b)) from public.test", but I got
the following errors:

ERROR: function greatest(integer, integer) does not exist
HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may
need to add explicit type casts.

May I know where I can read the docs about greatest & least please.

I am using PostgreSQL 8.0.7.

Thanks,
Ying

>Amos Hayes <ahayes(at)polkaroo(dot)net> writes:
>
>
>>I'm trying to build a query that among other things, returns the
>>minimum and maximum values contained in either of two columns.
>>
>>
>
>I think you might be looking for
>
> select greatest(max(columnA), max(columnB)) from tab;
> select least(min(columnA), min(columnB)) from tab;
>
>greatest/least are relatively new but you can roll your own in
>older PG releases.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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