A function that partitions a result set and computes something within that partition without rolling up the data in that partition.
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SQL Windowing function to create a running total
I need some help with windowing functions.
I have been playing around with sql 2012 windowing functions recently. I know that you can calculate the sum within a window and the running total within a ...
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1answer
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Filter on a window function without writing an outer SELECT statement
Since window functions cannot be included in the WHERE clause of the inner SELECT, is there another method that could be used to write this query without the outer SELECT statement? I'm using Oracle. ...
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1answer
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How to get a row_number to have the behavior of dense_rank
I have a stored procedure will be used to page through data. One of the requirements of the procedure is to have a parameter that will be used to sort two columns of data, the sorting should be used ...
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Select first row (grouping) + add aggregate function
First have a look at this question on StackOverflow.
I'm looking to accomplish the same task, except I also need to add an aggregate function (PostGIS's ST_Union) to my query.
How can I combine the ...
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2answers
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MySQL and window functions
It seems that MySQL does not support window functions.
E.g. the simple: COUNT(*) OVER() AS cnt does not work.
What I am not sure is if this applies to commercial version as well (I assume the ...
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Find “n” consecutive free numbers from table
I have some table with numbers like this (status is either FREE or ASSIGNED)
id_set number status
-----------------------
1 000001 ASSIGNED
1 000002 FREE
1 000003 ...
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Select longest continuous sequence
I am trying to construct a query in PostgreSQL 9.0 that gets the longest sequence of continuous rows for a specifc field.
Consider the following table:
lap_id (Serial), lap_no (int), car_type ...
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Count events on “user based” sliding window
So, if I wanted to know how many events a certain user bought in certain timeframe windows. I will use 7 for the example, but the query should accept this number of days as a parameter, which will be ...
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1answer
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sorting groups of related rows by average values while keeping the groups together
I'm using PostgreSQL 8.4, but would like a standard SQL solution if possible.
Consider the following table.
corrmodel=# SELECT * from data limit 1;
id | datasubgroup_id | datafile_id | ...
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Working of window functions and idea window size for window function
I am not able to understand the concept of window functions. How exactly they work and what are the pros and cons of such technique?
I have read that using limit and offset is slow but its still ...
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3answers
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What is the simplest way of excluding the current row from the result of an analytic?
I want to do something like the following:
with w as ( select level as foo,
decode(level,8,1,mod(level,4))*100 as bar
from dual connect by level<9 )
select foo, ...
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Window functions cause awful execution plan when called from a view with external parametrized 'where' clause
I had this issue long time ago, I found a workaround which suited me and forgot about it.
But now there's that question on SO so I'm willing to bring this problem up.
There's a view that joins few ...
