From: | Robert James <srobertjames(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Detecting change in event properties |
Date: | 2013-10-25 18:10:43 |
Message-ID: | CAGYyBggXoWAdSdz_uhpz3WaOkB7N6fwnz-8zau59-P0Uo3D7YA@mail.gmail.com |
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On 10/25/13, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert James <srobertjames(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>>> (To elaborate, I'm interested in:
>>> * Finding field x of the _previous_ row
>>> * Finding field x of the _next_ row
>>> * Finding field x of the _previous_ row that meets a certain criteria
>>> (which the current row may or may not meet)
>>> )
>
>> The first two are actually trivial - lag(field_x) over (order by [same
>> order as query]) and lead(...).
>
> Right.
>
>> But the last one seems ellusive - How can I find the value of field x
>> on the previous row WHERE a criteria is met? Is it possible to do this
>> at all with a window function?
>
> I don't see any way to achieve that with any of the built-in window
> functions, but I believe it could be done by a custom window function.
> Are you up for some C coding?
Hmmm... certainly nothing I would trust on a production db.
Is there a way to do it without C not using window functions? Perhaps
with some type of JOIN?
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