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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:

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