# min — DuckDB 1.4.4

Returns the minimum value present in arg.

- Reference: /products/haybarn/functions/releases/duckdb-1.4.4/min/
- JSON: /products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/duckdb-1.4.4/functions/min.json
- Snapshot ID: duckdb-1.4.4
- Engine: duckdb v1.4.4
- Source ID: 6ddac802ff
- Binary SHA-256: 8d05bee013ea13d6b5d75272d7ddb52b3d6d9cdaf30d1a3e8e82d42757905182
- Captured: 2026-09-05T18:37:36.091Z
- Source: https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.4.4
- Loaded extensions: autocomplete, core_functions, icu, json, parquet, shell

## Interpretation

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## Overloads

### overload-41d13bf4fc8d081c

Kind: aggregate. Parameter order: catalog-order.

```text
min(arg: ANY) → ANY
```

Link: /products/haybarn/functions/releases/duckdb-1.4.4/min/#overload-41d13bf4fc8d081c

| Argument | Catalog type | Calling mode |
| --- | --- | --- |
| arg | ANY | not recorded |

Declared return type: ANY. Variadic argument type: none declared.
Stability: CONSISTENT. Declared side effects: false.

### overload-b39f8c82b8987ad0

Kind: aggregate. Parameter order: catalog-order.

```text
min(arg: ANY, col1: BIGINT) → ANY[]
```

Link: /products/haybarn/functions/releases/duckdb-1.4.4/min/#overload-b39f8c82b8987ad0

| Argument | Catalog type | Calling mode |
| --- | --- | --- |
| arg | ANY | not recorded |
| col1 | BIGINT | not recorded |

Declared return type: ANY[]. Variadic argument type: none declared.
Stability: CONSISTENT. Declared side effects: false.


## Guide recipes

No guide recipes.

## Engine catalog examples

Source examples may require additional data or extensions. Expressions are wrapped in SELECT; execution verification is not recorded.

Reported for: overload-41d13bf4fc8d081c, overload-b39f8c82b8987ad0

```sql
SELECT min(A);
```

## Runnable examples

Executed successfully in Haybarn WASM 1.5.5-rc3. Sample data and guide examples are separate from the original catalog.

```sql
SELECT min(A)
FROM (VALUES
  (10),
  (20),
  (NULL)
) AS sample("A");
```

## Additional DuckDB documentation

- [List Type](https://duckdb.org/docs/current/sql/data_types/list#comparison-and-ordering)
- [NULL Values](https://duckdb.org/docs/current/sql/data_types/nulls#null-and-aggregate-functions)
- [Aggregate Functions](https://duckdb.org/docs/current/sql/functions/aggregates#minarg-n)

## In other engines

### PostgreSQL

Uses min as part of a larger rewrite.

PostgreSQL:

```sql
SELECT DATE_BIN('30 days', timestamp_col, (SELECT MIN(TIMESTAMP) from table)) FROM table
```

Haybarn / DuckDB:

```sql
SELECT TIME_BUCKET('30 days', timestamp_col, (SELECT MIN(TIMESTAMP) FROM "table")) FROM "table"
```

Translation from [SQLGlot](https://github.com/tobymao/sqlglot/blob/3086608e6fd4c41c02dfba47171608d2b193fce2/tests/dialects/test_postgres.py#L1098).

### Snowflake: minhash_combine()

Uses min as part of a larger rewrite.

Snowflake:

```sql
MINHASH_COMBINE(sig_col)
```

Haybarn / DuckDB:

```sql
(SELECT JSON_OBJECT('state', LIST(min_h ORDER BY idx NULLS FIRST), 'type', 'minhash', 'version', 1) FROM (SELECT pos AS idx, MIN(val) AS min_h FROM UNNEST(LIST(sig_col)) AS _(sig) JOIN UNNEST(CAST(sig -> '$.state' AS UBIGINT[])) WITH ORDINALITY AS t(val, pos) ON TRUE GROUP BY pos))
```

Translation from [SQLGlot](https://github.com/tobymao/sqlglot/blob/3086608e6fd4c41c02dfba47171608d2b193fce2/tests/dialects/test_snowflake.py#L2363).

## Observed availability

| Snapshot | Observed | Overloads | JSON |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| haybarn-1.5.5-rc3 | present | 2 | [reference](/products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/haybarn-1.5.5-rc3/functions/min.json) |
| duckdb-1.5.5 | present | 2 | [reference](/products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/duckdb-1.5.5/functions/min.json) |
| duckdb-1.4.4 | present | 2 | [reference](/products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/duckdb-1.4.4/functions/min.json) |
| duckdb-1.3.2 | present | 2 | [reference](/products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/duckdb-1.3.2/functions/min.json) |

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