how to find the Min value among multiple col

Question

i have in my DB 3 col and i want to find a single value among all of them as explaind here: table name:MyTable

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--id-- col1-- col2-- col3-
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   1     200    300     400 
   2     100    150     300
   3     800    102     20
   4     80     80       0

i want the result out of col1 col2 col3 to be = 0 , which is the min value among them. is it possible !!!!

my try:

select Min(col1, col2 , col3) as Tablemin
from MyTable

Answer 1

If it is MySQL or Oracle, there is LEAST() function:

SELECT LEAST(MIN(col1), MIN(col2), MIN(col3))
       AS MinOfAllColumns
FROM MyTable

Then, there is the CASE statement which can be used in most RDBMSs:

SELECT CASE WHEN MIN(col1) <= MIN(col2) AND MIN(col1) <= MIN(col3) 
                THEN MIN(col1)
            WHEN MIN(col2) <= MIN(col3)
                THEN MIN(col2)
                ELSE MIN(col3)            
       END 
       AS MinOfAllColumns
FROM MyTable

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This can also work but it's hard to get other fields with the UNION approach:

SELECT MIN(col) AS MinOfAllColumns
FROM 
  ( SELECT MIN(col1) AS col
    FROM MyTable
  UNION
    SELECT MIN(col2)
    FROM MyTable
  UNION
    SELECT MIN(col3)
    FROM MyTable
  ) AS tmp

Answer 2

In SQLITE the answer is as simple as:

SELECT MIN(MIN(col1), MIN(col2), MIN(col3)) FROM MyTable;

Answer 3

ANSI SQL:

select min(col)
from
(
    select col1 [col] from MyTable
    union all
    select col2 from MyTable
    union all
    select col3 from MyTable
)t

Answer 4

Simple way to display min is:

string val = textBox2.Text;
DataSet ds;
con.Open();
string str = "SELECT * FROM Add_Rooms WHERE Price >= @price";
cmd = new SqlCommand(str, con);
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@price", val);
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
ds = new DataSet();
da.Fill(ds, "Add_Rooms");
dataGridView1.DataSource = ds;
dataGridView1.DataMember = "Add_Rooms";
con.Close();