Re: how do i get differences between rows

I am after an sql query that can give the differnces between consecutive
timestamp values in the resultset.
anyone know how to do this?

thanks

Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:21:35 +0000,
> teknokrat <teknokrat(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>
>>I am after an sql query that can give the differnces between consecutive
>>timestamp values in the resultset.
>>anyone know how to do this?
>
>
> I think you can do something like the following (untested) on most systems.
> select a.stamp - (select max(stamp) from tablename
> where tablename.stamp < a.stamp) from tablename;
>
> For postgres this (also untested) might be faster if there is an index
> on stamp.
> select a.stamp - (select stamp from tablename where tablename.stamp < a.stamp
> order by stamp desc limit 1) from tablename;
>
> The above relies on timestamps being unique. The difference for the smallest
> timestamp will be null.
>
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this may give me difference between current row and oldest row but what
I want is row(i).timestamp - row(i-1).timestamp. Also I would like to do
it for timestamp values whose hours are within normal working hours i.e 9-5.

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:21:35 +0000,
teknokrat <teknokrat(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> I am after an sql query that can give the differnces between consecutive
> timestamp values in the resultset.
> anyone know how to do this?

I think you can do something like the following (untested) on most systems.
select a.stamp - (select max(stamp) from tablename
where tablename.stamp < a.stamp) from tablename;

For postgres this (also untested) might be faster if there is an index
on stamp.
select a.stamp - (select stamp from tablename where tablename.stamp < a.stamp
order by stamp desc limit 1) from tablename;

The above relies on timestamps being unique. The difference for the smallest
timestamp will be null.