Create a SQLite view where a row depends on the previous row

Question

I\'d like to create a view in SQLite where a field in one row depends on the value of a field in the previous row. I could do this in Oracle using the LAG analy

Answer 1

Its the same idea as the other, but just uses the fields instead of the rowid. This does exactly what you want:

CREATE TABLE Prices (
    day DATE,
    price FLOAT
);

INSERT INTO Prices(day, price) VALUES(date('now', 'localtime', '+1 day'), 0.5);
INSERT INTO Prices(day, price) VALUES(date('now', 'localtime', '+0 day'), 1);
INSERT INTO Prices(day, price) VALUES(date('now', 'localtime', '-1 day'), 2);
INSERT INTO Prices(day, price) VALUES(date('now', 'localtime', '-2 day'), 7);
INSERT INTO Prices(day, price) VALUES(date('now', 'localtime', '-3 day'), 8);
INSERT INTO Prices(day, price) VALUES(date('now', 'localtime', '-4 day'), 10);

SELECT p1.day, p1.price, p1.price-p2.price 
FROM
    Prices p1, Prices p2,
    (SELECT t2.day AS day1, MAX(t1.day) AS day2 
    FROM Prices t1, Prices t2
    WHERE t1.day < t2.day
    GROUP BY t2.day) AS prev
WHERE p1.day=prev.day1
    AND p2.day=prev.day2

If you want to add the WHERE item='apple' bit you'd add that to both WHERE clauses.