How to group continuous ranges using MySQL

Question

I have a table that contains categories, dates and rates. Each category can have different rates for different dates, one category can have only one rate at a given date.

Answer 1

MySQL doesn't support analytic functions, but you can emulate such behaviour with user-defined variables:

SELECT   CatID, Begin, MAX(Date) AS End, Rate
FROM (
  SELECT   my_table.*,
           @f:=CONVERT(
             IF(@c<=>CatId AND @r<=>Rate AND DATEDIFF(Date, @d)=1, @f, Date), DATE
           ) AS Begin,
           @c:=CatId, @d:=Date, @r:=Rate
  FROM     my_table JOIN (SELECT @c:=NULL) AS init
  ORDER BY CatId, Rate, Date
) AS t
GROUP BY CatID, Begin, Rate

See it on sqlfiddle.

Answer 2

SELECT catid,min(ddate),max(ddate),rate
FROM (
    SELECT
        Catid,
        Ddate,  
        rate,
        @rn := CASE WHEN (@prev <> rate 
           or DATEDIFF(ddate, @prev_date)>1) THEN @rn+1 ELSE @rn END AS rn,
        @prev := rate,
        @prev_id := catid ,
        @prev_date :=ddate
    FROM (
        SELECT CatID,Ddate,rate 
        FROM rankdate
        ORDER BY CatID, Ddate ) AS a , 
        (SELECT @prev := -1, @rn := 0, @prev_id:=0 ,@prev_date:=-1) AS vars      

) T1 group by catid,rn

Note: The line (SELECT @prev := -1, @rn := 0, @prev_id:=0 ,@prev_date:=-1) AS vars is not necessary in Mysql Workspace, but it is in the PHP mysql_query function.

SQL FIDDLE HERE

Answer 3

I know I am late, still posting a solution that worked for me. Had the same issue, here's how I got it

Found a good solution using variables

SELECT  MIN(id) AS id, MIN(date) AS date, MIN(state) AS state, COUNT(*) cnt
FROM    (
    SELECT  @r := @r + (@state != state OR @state IS NULL) AS gn,
            @state := state AS sn,
            s.id, s.date, s.state
    FROM    (
            SELECT  @r := 0,
                    @state := NULL
            ) vars,
            t_range s
    ORDER BY
            date, state
    ) q
GROUP BY gn

More details at : https://explainextended.com/2009/07/24/mysql-grouping-continuous-ranges/