Had a case where I needed to update MySQL column's value if an incoming argument is less/greater than it without using functions or procedures. This returns th

Had a case where I needed to update MySQL column's value if an incoming argument is less/greater than it without using functions or procedures. This returns the greatest value (passed ? or max_value column): ?^((?^max_value)&-(?<max_value)) And for minimum: min_value^((?^min_value)&-(?<min_value))