Subtracting one row of data from another in SQL

Question

I\'ve been stumped with some SQL where I\'ve got several rows of data, and I want to subtract a row from the previous row and have it repeat all the way down.

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Answer 1

This might help you (somewhat).

select a.id, a.length, 
coalesce(a.length - 
    (select b.length from foo b where b.id = a.id + 1), a.length) as diff
from foo a