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Jed

Reputation: 10897

SQL query to calculate the difference between current and previous day's value

I have an Access .mdb database with a Table that looks similar to:

+---------+------+--------+
|     date        | value |
+---------+------+--------+
|2011-05-04 12:00 | 45.9  |
|2011-05-05 12:00 | 21.2  |
|2011-05-06 12:00 | 32.2  |
|2011-05-07 12:00 | 30.4  |
|2011-05-08 12:00 | 40.4  |
|2011-05-09 12:00 | 19.8  |
|2011-05-10 12:00 | 29.7  |
+-------+---------+-------+

I would like to create a query that will return values that are derived from subtracting one value from a previous day value.

For example: The query would calculate (21.2-45.9) and return -24.7 (32.2-21.2) and return -11.0 (30.4-32.2) and return -1.8 etc

How can I accomplish this in a SELECT statement?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 7291

Answers (2)

Conrad Frix
Conrad Frix

Reputation: 52675

You can use a query that employs a self-join on the table in question:

SELECT 
  t.dateValue , t.singleValue - IIF(ISNULL(tNext.singleValue), 0, tNext.singleValue)
FROM 
  test t 
  LEFT JOIN test tNext
  ON t.dateValue = DateAdd("d", -1, tNext.dateValue)
WHERE 
  t.dateValue = #2011-05-08 12:00#;

Outputs 

dateValue               Expr1001
----------------------  ----------------
05/08/2011 12:00:00 PM  20.6000022888184

DDL and inserts below

CREATE TABLE test (dateValue DATETIME, singleValue SINGLE);

INSERT INTO test VALUES (#2011-05-04 12:00#, 45.9);
INSERT INTO test VALUES (#2011-05-05 12:00#, 21.2);
INSERT INTO test VALUES (#2011-05-06 12:00#, 32.2);
INSERT INTO test VALUES (#2011-05-07 12:00#, 30.4);
INSERT INTO test VALUES (#2011-05-08 12:00#, 40.4);
INSERT INTO test VALUES (#2011-05-09 12:00#, 19.8);
INSERT INTO test VALUES (#2011-05-10 12:00#, 29.7);

Upvotes: 2

Jed
Jed

Reputation: 10897

Here's the query that worked for me:

SELECT t2.date, t2.value-t1.value
FROM Table1 AS t1, Table1 AS t2
WHERE t2.date=DATEADD("d",1,t1.date);

Thanks again, Tom H.

Upvotes: 1

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