SQL FIRST() Function

The FIRST() function returns the first value of the selected column.

SQL FIRST() Syntax

SELECT FIRST(column_name) FROM table_name

SQL FIRST() Example

We have the following "Orders" table:

Id	OrderDate	OrderPrice	Customer
1	2008/11/12	1000	Navis
2	2008/10/23	1600	Nilsen
3	2008/09/02	700	Navis
4	2008/09/03	300	Navis
5	2008/08/30	2000	Jensen
6	2008/10/04	100	Nilsen

Now we want to find the first value of the "OrderPrice" column.

We use the following SQL statement:

SELECT FIRST(OrderPrice) AS FirstOrderPrice FROM Orders

 

SELECT OrderPrice FROM Orders ORDER BY Id LIMIT 1

The result-set will look like this:

FirstOrderPrice

1000