SQL FIRST()
Function
FIRST() Function
The FIRST() function returns the value of the first record in the specified column.
SQL FIRST() Syntax
Note: Only MS Access supports the FIRST() function.
SQL FIRST() in SQL Server, MySQL, and Oracle
SQL Server Syntax
Example
MySQL Syntax
Example
Oracle Syntax
Example
Demo Database
In this tutorial, we will use the tutorialpro sample database.
Below is the data from the "Websites" table:
+----+--------------+---------------------------+-------+---------+
| id | name | url | alexa | country |
+----+--------------+---------------------------+-------+---------+
| 1 | Google | https://www.google.cm/ | 1 | USA |
| 2 | 淘宝 | https://www.taobao.com/ | 13 | CN |
| 3 | tutorialpro.org | http://www.tutorialpro.org/ | 4689 | CN |
| 4 | 微博 | http://weibo.com/ | 20 | CN |
| 5 | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/ | 3 | USA |
| 6 | 百度 | https://www.baidu.com/ | 4 | CN |
| 7 | stackoverflow | http://stackoverflow.com/ | 0 | IND |
+----+---------------+---------------------------+-------+---------+
SQL FIRST() Example
The following SQL statement selects the value of the first record in the "name" column of the "Websites" table:
Example
The result of executing the above SQL is as follows: