DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mcs190_db; CREATE DATABASE mcs190_db; USE mcs190_db; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b CHAR(5))ENGINE=Columnstore; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, ''),(1, 'aaa'),(2, 'aaa'),(1, 'ccc'),(4, 'ddd'),(5, 'aaa'),(6, 'ddd'),(7, 'eee'); SELECT MAX(DISTINCT a) FROM t1; MAX(DISTINCT a) 7 SELECT MAX(DISTINCT a) FROM t1 GROUP BY b HAVING b = 'aaa'; MAX(DISTINCT a) 5 SELECT b, MAX(DISTINCT a) FROM t1 GROUP BY b ORDER BY b DESC; b MAX(DISTINCT a) eee 7 ddd 6 ccc 1 aaa 5 NULL NULL SELECT MAX(a) FROM t1; MAX(a) 7 DROP DATABASE mcs190_db;