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Oracle® OLAP Expression Syntax Reference
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GREATEST

GREATEST returns the largest expression in a list of expressions. All expressions after the first are implicitly converted to the data type of the first expression before the comparison. Text expressions are compared character by character.

To retrieve the smallest expression in a list of expressions, use LEAST.

Return Value

The data type of the first expression

Syntax

GREATEST(expr [, expr ]...)

Arguments

expr can be any expression.

Examples

GREATEST('Harry','Harriot','Harold') returns the value Harry.

GREATEST(7, 19, 3) returns the value 19.

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