SQL -- Aggregate Functions

The following example summarize the numeric results of a column. Here a list of agregate funtions:

MIN	returns the smallest value in a given column
MAX	returns the largest value in a given column
SUM	returns the sum of the numeric values in a given column
AVG	returns the average value of a given column
COUNT	returns the total number of values in a given column
COUNT(*)	returns the number of rows in a table

Here is an example of selecting the maximum price of any item ordered in the item_ordered table.

SELECT MAX(price)

FROM items_ordered;