SQL FIRST() Function

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# SQL FIRST() Function

## The 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:

O_Id | OrderDate | OrderPrice | Customer
--- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 2008/11/12 | 1000 | Hansen
2 | 2008/10/23 | 1600 | Nilsen
3 | 2008/09/02 | 700 | Hansen
4 | 2008/09/03 | 300 | Hansen
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

The result-set will look like this:

FirstOrderPrice
1000

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