RE: DB2 SQL window functions

Rick,
Nope, the over() function modifies the count(*) function. The idea is
that there can be aggregate data and detail data together in the same
query. So while normally you would use a group by if you were going to
use an aggregate function, or not include any columns that were not in
aggregate functions. The window function allows you to include a sum or
count or any other aggregate function, without combining the rows in the
result. Or at least this is what it says in the book, I have no idea how
it works in DB2

Chris

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Subject: RE: DB2 SQL window functions


Chris,

I'm not familiar with the "window functions" you are referring to but I
do have a question about our syntax.

Should there be a comma between count(*) and over()?  Like this
count(*), over().

Rick

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Payne
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 1:13 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: DB2 SQL window functions


I recently purchased the SQL cookbook from oreilly, and one of the
topics is something called "window functions". According to the book
this is one of a whole group of analytical functions that was added in
the SQL - 99 standard. I tried to run the very simple query:



SELECT

SUIT,

WEIGHT,

count(*) over()

FROM

cpayne.window



and got the response:



Token ( was not valid. Valid tokens: , FROM INTO.     



Does anyone know about these window functions? Have they been
implemented in DB2/400?

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