Why can't indexed views have a MAX() aggregate?

Question

I have been trying out a few index views and am impressed but I nearly always need a max or a min as well and can not understand why it doesn\'t work with these, can anyone

Answer 1

Besides the reasons specified by Remus, there is less practical need to support MIN and MAX. Unlike COUNT() or SUM(), MAX and MIN are fast to calculate - you are all set after just one lookup; you don't need to read a lot of data.