GREATEST

Introduced or updated: v1.2.738

Returns the maximum value from a set of values. If any value in the set is NULL, the function returns NULL.

See also: GREATEST_IGNORE_NULLS

Syntax

GREATEST(<value1>, <value2> ...)

Examples

SELECT GREATEST(5, 9, 4), GREATEST(5, 9, null);

┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ greatest(5, 9, 4) │ greatest(5, 9, NULL) │
├───────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│                 9 │ NULL                 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘