sql-serverdatabasedifference-between-rows

Calculate Time Difference Between Two Rows


I have a table that contains the following:

DataDate                 Value
2010-03-01 08:31:32.000  100
2010-03-01 08:31:40.000  110
2010-03-01 08:31:42.000  95
2010-03-01 08:31:45.000  101
.                        .
.                        .
.                        .

I need to multiply the value column by the difference in time between the current and previous rows and sum that for the entire day.

I currently have the data set up to come in every 10 seconds which makes for a simple conversion in the query:

SELECT Sum((Value/6) FROM History WHERE DataDate BETWEEN @startDate and @endDate

Where @startDate and @endDate are today's date at 00:00:00 and 11:59:59.

Before I set the data to be collected every 10 seconds it was collected whenever the Value changed. There aren't any duplicate entries in terms of time, the minimum time difference is 1 second.

How can I set up a query to get the elapsed time between rows for the case when I don't know the time interval between readings?

I am using SQL Server 2005.


Solution

  • WITH    rows AS
            (
            SELECT  *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY DataDate) AS rn
            FROM    mytable
            )
    SELECT  DATEDIFF(second, mc.DataDate, mp.DataDate)
    FROM    rows mc
    JOIN    rows mp
    ON      mc.rn = mp.rn - 1
    

    In SQL Server 2012+:

    SELECT  DATEDIFF(second, pDataDate, dataDate)
    FROM    (
            SELECT  *,
                    LAG(dataDate) OVER (ORDER BY dataDate) pDataDate
            FROM    rows
            ) q
    WHERE   pDataDate IS NOT NULL