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

edit: fixed when re-read Q (misunderstood)

SELECT f.id, 
       f2.id, 
       f.length, 
       f2.length, 
       (f.length -f2.length) AS difference
FROM foo f, 
     foo f2 
where f2.id = f.id+1

id was ambiguous

edit: note: tested in mysql 5.0