DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mcs191_db; CREATE DATABASE mcs191_db; USE mcs191_db; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b CHAR(5))ENGINE=Columnstore; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, NULL),(1, 'aaa'),(2, 'aaa'),(1, 'ccc'),(4, 'ddd'),(5, 'aaa'),(6, 'ddd'),(7, 'eee'); SELECT MIN(DISTINCT a) FROM t1; MIN(DISTINCT a) 1 SELECT MIN(DISTINCT a) FROM t1 GROUP BY b HAVING b = 'aaa'; MIN(DISTINCT a) 1 SELECT b, MIN(DISTINCT a) FROM t1 GROUP BY b ORDER BY b DESC; b MIN(DISTINCT a) eee 7 ddd 4 ccc 1 aaa 1 NULL NULL SELECT MIN(a) FROM t1; MIN(a) 1 DROP DATABASE mcs191_db;