Min in LINQ Query in Entity Framework Core

Min method is used to find min value of any numeric column in database.

using EntityFrameworkCore_ConsoleApp.Models;

namespace EntityFrameworkCore_ConsoleApp
{
    public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (var databaseContext = new DatabaseContext())
            {
                var min = (from product in databaseContext.Products
                           select product).Min(product => product.Price);
                Console.WriteLine("Min: " + min);
            }
        }
    }
}

Output

Min: 4

You can use combination of Min method and Where as below:

using EntityFrameworkCore_ConsoleApp.Models;

namespace EntityFrameworkCore_ConsoleApp
{
    public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (var databaseContext = new DatabaseContext())
            {
                var min = (from product in databaseContext.Products
                           where product.Status == true
                           select product).Min(product => product.Price);
                Console.WriteLine("Min: " + min);
            }
        }
    }
}

Output

Min: 10

You can use combination of Min method and Where and Select as below:

using EntityFrameworkCore_ConsoleApp.Models;

namespace EntityFrameworkCore_ConsoleApp
{
    public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (var databaseContext = new DatabaseContext())
            {
                var min = (from product in databaseContext.Products
                           where product.Status == true
                           select product.Price).Min();
                Console.WriteLine("Min: " + min);
            }
        }
    }
}

Output

Min: 10