{"id":642,"date":"2016-04-18T08:55:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T08:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sqltutorial.org\/?page_id=642"},"modified":"2021-04-30T08:19:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:19:10","slug":"sql-functions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/sql-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Functions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This section provides you with many built-in SQL functions including aggregate functions, date functions, string functions, control flow functions, window functions, and math functions.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"feature-pages\"><article class=\"feature-page\"><div class=\"feature-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/sql-aggregate-functions\/\">SQL Aggregate Functions<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div>In this tutorial, you will learn about the SQL aggregate functions including AVG(), COUNT(), MIN(), MAX(), and SUM().<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article><article 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