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Finding Minimum Math Score With SPL's Minp Function

Get min value record: Use minp() to find ID(s) of students with lowest math score in class 1. @a option returns all records with min value.

Get the record containing the minimum value of a specified field, such as finding ID of the student(s) whose math score (s) is/are the lowest in class one based on the Scores table.

We use minp() function to locate the record holding the minimum value of a specified field and then get the student ID.
SPL script:

A1 Connect to the database;
A2 Get records of class one where subject is math;
A3 minp function gets the record having the minimum score;
A4 Get student ID from A3’s record.
Sometimes there is more than one record having the minimum value. To return all those records, use @a option i...