# any_value — DuckDB 1.5.5

Returns the first non-NULL value from arg. This function is affected by ordering.

- Reference: /products/haybarn/functions/releases/duckdb-1.5.5/any_value/
- JSON: /products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/duckdb-1.5.5/functions/any_value.json
- Snapshot ID: duckdb-1.5.5
- Engine: duckdb v1.5.5
- Source ID: d8cdaa33fd
- Binary SHA-256: 8463eb26527b278109cfddffc4606e1019ebefcfe2eac75efc53c76ed8f282d5
- Captured: 2026-09-05T18:37:40.699Z
- Source: https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.5.5
- Loaded extensions: autocomplete, core_functions, icu, json, parquet, shell

## Interpretation

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- Availability is an observation in the recorded build and extension profile, not a guarantee of support in every installation or in WASM.
- Types and descriptions are declarations from duckdb_functions(). Binding can specialize result types. Null means not supplied by the catalog; do not invent defaults, optionality, argument mode, or table output columns.
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- Guide annotations and recipes are separate editorial content. The browser runner always uses Haybarn WASM 1.5.5-rc3, independently of the documentation snapshot.
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## Overloads

### overload-ce42498cca4433a4

Kind: aggregate. Parameter order: catalog-order.

```text
any_value(arg: ANY) → ANY
```

Link: /products/haybarn/functions/releases/duckdb-1.5.5/any_value/#overload-ce42498cca4433a4

| 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-9184fd9e03bc3f04

Kind: aggregate. Parameter order: catalog-order.

```text
any_value(arg: DECIMAL) → DECIMAL
```

Link: /products/haybarn/functions/releases/duckdb-1.5.5/any_value/#overload-9184fd9e03bc3f04

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

Declared return type: DECIMAL. 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.

No catalog examples.

## Additional DuckDB documentation

- [Aggregate Functions](https://duckdb.org/docs/current/sql/functions/aggregates#any_valuearg)

## In other engines

### Apache Hive: first()



Apache Hive:

```sql
SELECT FIRST(sample_col, TRUE)
```

Haybarn / DuckDB:

```sql
SELECT ANY_VALUE(sample_col)
```

Translation from [SQLGlot](https://github.com/tobymao/sqlglot/blob/3086608e6fd4c41c02dfba47171608d2b193fce2/tests/dialects/test_hive.py#L955).

### Apache Spark



Apache Spark:

```sql
SELECT ANY_VALUE(col, true), FIRST(col, true), FIRST_VALUE(col, true) OVER ()
```

Haybarn / DuckDB:

```sql
SELECT ANY_VALUE(col), ANY_VALUE(col), FIRST_VALUE(col IGNORE NULLS) OVER ()
```

Translation from [SQLGlot](https://github.com/tobymao/sqlglot/blob/3086608e6fd4c41c02dfba47171608d2b193fce2/tests/dialects/test_spark.py#L1048).

### BigQuery: any_value()



BigQuery:

```sql
SELECT category, ANY_VALUE(product HAVING MAX price), ANY_VALUE(product HAVING MIN cost), ANY_VALUE(supplier) FROM products GROUP BY category
```

Haybarn / DuckDB:

```sql
SELECT category, ARG_MAX_NULL(product, price), ARG_MIN_NULL(product, cost), ANY_VALUE(supplier) FROM products GROUP BY category
```

Translation from [SQLGlot](https://github.com/tobymao/sqlglot/blob/3086608e6fd4c41c02dfba47171608d2b193fce2/tests/dialects/test_bigquery.py#L255).

### Presto: arbitrary()



Presto:

```sql
ARBITRARY(x)
```

Haybarn / DuckDB:

```sql
ANY_VALUE(x)
```

Translation from [SQLGlot](https://github.com/tobymao/sqlglot/blob/3086608e6fd4c41c02dfba47171608d2b193fce2/tests/dialects/test_presto.py#L867).

## 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/any_value.json) |
| duckdb-1.5.5 | present | 2 | [reference](/products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/duckdb-1.5.5/functions/any_value.json) |
| duckdb-1.4.4 | present | 2 | [reference](/products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/duckdb-1.4.4/functions/any_value.json) |
| duckdb-1.3.2 | present | 2 | [reference](/products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/duckdb-1.3.2/functions/any_value.json) |

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