min

min(column)

CREATE TABLE employees (name String, salary UInt32) ENGINE = Memory;
INSERT INTO employees VALUES ('Alice', 3000), ('Bob', 4000), ('Charlie', 3500);

SELECT min(salary) FROM employees;

┌─min(salary)─┐
│        3000 │
└─────────────┘

CREATE TABLE sales (department String, revenue UInt32) ENGINE = Memory;
INSERT INTO sales VALUES ('Engineering', 100000), ('Engineering', 120000), ('Marketing', 80000), ('Marketing', 90000);

SELECT department, min(revenue) FROM sales GROUP BY department ORDER BY department;

┌─department──┬─min(revenue)─┐
│ Engineering │       100000 │
│ Marketing   │        80000 │
└─────────────┴──────────────┘