Does mysql have the equivalent of Oracle's “analytic functions”?

Question

I\'m looking for analytical function like PARTITION BY in MySQL (see the docs for more info)

Analytic functions compute an aggregate valu

Answer 1

There is a commercial product for SQL Server that provides in-database analytic functions and it can be connected to an oracle or MySQL database via 'linked servers'/odbc - here is an article describing it: http://westclintech.com/Blog/tabid/132/EntryId/88/Using-XLeratorDB-with-MySQL-and-other-RDBMS-s.aspx

This requires having a Windows o/s and SQL Server 2005 or later (which the Express version is free)