Re: SQL Agreate Functions

Alex P wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem I dont really know how to solve except for writing a
> function.
[snip]
> What I would like to calculate is:
>
> a) the difference of the past 2 days for every security of
>   available prices

Find the maximum date for a give SecCode (simple enough) and then the
maximum date that is smaller than the one you just found (assuming no
repetition of dates for a given SecCode).

> b) a flag indicating, that the price of today-1 is yesterday's
>   price (true in case A0001, false for A0002)

SELECT ... (PriceDate = (CURRENT_DATE - 1)) AS is_yesterday, ...

> c) the variance of the past 30 days

Variance aggregate function

> Is it possible to do that within one query?

Three sub-queries and some joining, certainly. It'll be a big query
mind, perhaps worth wrapping in a function.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd