Name

max — Returns maximum value among all its arguments.

Synopsis

number max ( arg1 any ,
arg2 any ,
... ,
argN any );

Description

The function returns the maximum value among all values in all its arguments, For each node in every argument node-set, it converts the string-value of the node to a number. If some arguments are not node-sets, they are converted to numbers. The maximum number found is returned.

This function is not a part of XPATH 1.0 standard library.

Parameters

argI

A node-set of nodes whose string values must be converted to numbers and added to the result, or single value.

Return Types

Table24.148.Errors signalled by

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
XP001 XPF05 Nonempty sequence of values expected as argument of XPATH function max(); max() of nothing is senseless This happens if the function is called without arguments, or with all arguments set to empty node-sets.

Examples

Example24.601.

max(/report[@type="daily-sales"]/total)

See Also

sum avg min