XPath max

Overview

The max() function returns the maximum value of its argument.

The function must specify a column in the query to aggregate (for example, /TotalPrice).

The query must specify an attribute that has a numeric type.

Examples

This query returns the highest total price found in any object:

max(//Sales.Order/TotalPrice)

This query returns the highest total price of an order placed by a customer named “Jansen”:

max(//Sales.Order[Sales.Customer_Order/Sales.Customer/Name = 'Jansen']/TotalPrice)