SQL Agreate Functions

[Alex P]

Hi,

I have a problem I dont really know how to solve except for writing a
function.

I have a table with prices;

SecCode| Price | PriceDate
-------+------------+-----------
A0001 | 13.10 | 2004-10-30
A0001 | 13.03 | 2004-10-29
A0001 | 13.12 | 2004-10-28
A0001 | 12.45 | 2004-10-27
A0001 | 12.65 | 2004-10-26
A0001 | 12.45 | 2004-10-25

A0002 | 10.10 | 2004-10-30
A0002 | 10.45 | 2004-10-27
A0002 | 10.65 | 2004-10-26
A0002 | 10.45 | 2004-10-25
etc.

What I would like to calculate is:

a) the difference of the past 2 days for every security of
available prices

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

c) the variance of the past 30 days
Is it possible to do that within one query?

Thanks for any advise
Alex

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[Richard Huxton]

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

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[Richard Huxton]

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.

--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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