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> I'm interested in seeing how well this could be attained in SQLite with window functions[1] since SQLite doesn't seem to support a CREATE AGGREGATE. SQLite3
by cryptonector 1y ago
> I'm interested in seeing how well this could be attained in SQLite with window functions[1] since SQLite doesn't seem to support a CREATE AGGREGATE.
SQLite3 very much does support user-defined aggregate functions, just not with a CREATE AGGREGATE statement. You have to use one of the `sqlite3_create_function*()` C functions[0][1][2] to create a user-defined aggregate function:
The sixth, seventh and eighth parameters
passed to the three "sqlite3_create_function*"
functions, xFunc, xStep and xFinal, are pointers
to C-language functions that implement the SQL
function or aggregate. A scalar SQL function
requires an implementation of the xFunc callback
only; NULL pointers must be passed as the xStep
and xFinal parameters. An aggregate SQL function
requires an implementation of xStep and xFinal
and NULL pointer must be passed for xFunc. To
delete an existing SQL function or aggregate,
pass NULL pointers for all three function
callbacks.
The sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth parameters
(xStep, xFinal, xValue and xInverse) passed to
sqlite3_create_window_function are pointers
to C-language callbacks that implement the
new function. xStep and xFinal must both be
non-NULL. xValue and xInverse may either both be
NULL, in which case a regular aggregate function
is created, or must both be non-NULL, in which
case the new function may be used as either an
aggregate or aggregate window function. More
details regarding the implementation of aggregate
window functions are available here.
> There would also need to be some python[2] to provide the PL/SQL logic shown.
Ah, so you do know about the `sqlite3_create_function*()` functions. You don't have to use Python, though you can of course.
[0] https://sqlite.org/c3ref/create_function.html
[1] https://sqlite.org/appfunc.html#the_aggregate_function_callbacks
[2] https://sqlite.org/windowfunctions.html#udfwinfunc*
- smitty1e 1y agoHmmm...so a python generator might be just the thing for that aggregate...