Min Method in LINQ MeThods 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 = databaseContext.Products.Min(product => product.Price);
                Console.WriteLine("Min: " + min);
            }
        }
    }
}

Output

Min: 4

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

using EntityFrameworkCore_ConsoleApp.Models;

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

Output

Min: 10

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

using EntityFrameworkCore_ConsoleApp.Models;

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

Output

Min: 10