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LAST_VALUE

Syntax

LAST_VALUE ( expression ) OVER (
    [PARTITION BY (col | expr), ...]
    [ORDER BY (col | expr), ...]
    [frame_clause]
)

Arguments

expression: any expression. This may be a column name, the result of another function, or a math operation.

Return Type

The result type of expression

Examples

SQL

CREATE TABLE lv_example (a INT, b INT);

INSERT INTO lv_example VALUES(1, 2), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 3);

SQL

CREATE TABLE tick_table(TIMESTAMP DATETIME(6), symbol VARCHAR(5), comp_name VARCHAR (30), price NUMERIC(18,4));

INSERT INTO tick_table VALUES('2022-11-18 10:55:36.000000','STC','SomeTechCo', 100.00),
('2022-11-18 10:55:37.000000','STC','SomeTechCo', 102.00),
('2022-11-18 10:55:42.000000', 'STC', 'SomeTechCo', 105.00),
('2022-11-18 10:55:48.000000', 'STC', 'SomeTechCo', 101.00),
('2022-11-18 10:56:03.000000', 'STC', 'SomeTechCo', 99.00),
('2022-11-18 10:55:42.000000', 'AME', 'ACME', 198.00),
('2022-11-18 10:55:50.000000', 'AME', 'ACME', 208.00),
('2022-11-18 10:55:52.000000', 'AME', 'ACME', 210.00),
('2022-11-18 10:55:55.000000', 'AME', 'ACME', 211.00),
('2022-11-18 10:55:52.000000', 'OCO', 'OnCallCo', 21.00),
('2022-11-18 10:55:55.000000', 'OCO', 'OnCallCo', 22.00),
('2022-11-18 10:55:57.000000', 'OCO', 'OnCallCo', 21.00),
('2022-11-18 10:56:00.000000', 'OCO', 'OnCallCo', 23.00),
('2022-11-18 10:56:03.000000', 'OCO', 'OnCallCo', 24.00);

Window Function

SQL

SELECT a, LAST_VALUE(a) OVER(ORDER BY (a)) FROM lv_example;

+------+----------------------------------+
| a    | LAST_VALUE(a) OVER(ORDER BY (a)) |
+------+----------------------------------+
|    1 |                                1 |
|    2 |                                2 |
|    3 |                                3 |
|    4 |                                4 |
+------+----------------------------------+

Window Frame Clause

SQL

SELECT a, LAST_VALUE(a) OVER(ORDER BY (a) ROWS between 
CURRENT ROW and UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING) FROM lv_example;

+------+---------------------------------------------------+
| a    | LAST_VALUE(a) OVER(ORDER BY (a)                   |
|      | ROWS between CURRENT ROW and UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING) |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+
|    1 |                                                 4 |
|    2 |                                                 4 |
|    3 |                                                 4 |
|    4 |                                                 4 |
+------+---------------------------------------------------+

SQL

SELECT TIMESTAMP, symbol, price, LAST_VALUE(price) OVER (
PARTITION BY symbol) FROM tick_table GROUP BY TIMESTAMP;

+----------------------------+--------+----------+------------------------+
| TIMESTAMP                  | symbol | price    | LAST_VALUE(price) OVER |
|                            |        |          | (PARTITION BY symbol)  |
+----------------------------+--------+----------+------------------------+
| 2022-11-18 10:55:55.000000 | AME    | 211.0000 |               210.0000 |
| 2022-11-18 10:55:50.000000 | AME    | 208.0000 |               210.0000 |
| 2022-11-18 10:55:42.000000 | AME    | 198.0000 |               210.0000 |
| 2022-11-18 10:55:52.000000 | AME    | 210.0000 |               210.0000 |
| 2022-11-18 10:55:57.000000 | OCO    |  21.0000 |                23.0000 |
| 2022-11-18 10:56:00.000000 | OCO    |  23.0000 |                23.0000 |
| 2022-11-18 10:55:36.000000 | STC    | 100.0000 |                99.0000 |
| 2022-11-18 10:55:37.000000 | STC    | 102.0000 |                99.0000 |
| 2022-11-18 10:55:48.000000 | STC    | 101.0000 |                99.0000 |
| 2022-11-18 10:56:03.000000 | STC    |  99.0000 |                99.0000 |
+----------------------------+--------+----------+------------------------+