MySQL first() Function

Last Updated: 29 June, 2023

In MySQL, the FIRST() function is not a built-in function. There is no direct FIRST() function available in MySQL to retrieve the first value from a result set or a column.

However, MySQL provides several other functions that can help us to achieve similar results.

If we want to retrieve the first row from a table, we can use the LIMIT clause with an ORDER BY statement to specify the desired ordering and limit the result to one row.

For example:

 SELECT * FROM your_table ORDER BY column_name LIMIT 1;

Replace your_table with the name of the table and column_name with the column we want to order the results by.

If we want to retrieve the first value from a specific column in a table, we can use the MIN() function along with the column name.

 SELECT MIN(column_name) FROM your_table;

For example:

 SELECT MIN(column_name) FROM your_table;

Again, replace your_table with the name of our table and column_name with the desired column.

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Keep in mind that the latest version of MySQL might introduce new features or functions. I recommend consulting the MySQL documentation or referring to more recent resources for up-to-date information on the available functions.