replace selfjoin with analytic functions

Question

Hi

Any ideas how i go about replacing the following self join using analytics

SELECT 
t1.col1 col1,
t1.col2 col2,
SUM((extract(hour FROM (t1.times_stamp - t2.times_stamp)) * 3600 + extract(minute FROM ( t1.times_stamp - t2.times_stamp)) * 60 + extract(second FROM ( t1.times_stamp - t2.times_stamp)) ) ) div,
COUNT(*) tot_count
FROM tab1 t1,
tab1 t2
WHERE t2.col1      = t1.col1
AND t2.col2  = t1.col2
AND t2.col3        = t1.sequence_num
AND t2.times_stamp     < t1.times_stamp
AND t2.col4         = 3
AND t1.col4         = 4
AND t2.col5 NOT IN(103,123)
AND t1.col5     != 549
GROUP BY t1.col1, t1.col2

Answer 1

Hi edwards,

I'm pretty sure you won't be able to replace the self-join with analytics because you are using inter-rows operations (t1.time_stamp - t2.time_stamp). Analytics can only access the values of the current row and the value of aggregate functions over a subset of rows (windowing clause).

See this article from Tom Kyte and this paper for further analysis of the limitations of analytics.