Previous three months of data
I need to pass month as a parameter to a function. The output should be the previous three months of data.
I need to pass month as a parameter to a function. The output should be the previous three months of data. If I give 'APR' then I need to get APR,MAR,FEB data. Any idea for the logic?
The required logic depends on a number of variables, many of which were not mentioned in the question. Imagine a table of data that looks like this:
JAN 125 FEB 95 MAR 210 APR 305 MAY 405 JUN 295 JUL 80 AUG 95 SEP 510 OCT 230 NOV 245 DEC 450
Okay, maybe there isn't an actual 12-row table with two columns sitting out there in your database. Doesn't matter. A simple query with a GROUP BY on the monthname and a SUM expression for the amount will produce a result set which is just another name for a table.
So one way to look at the requirement is that if you pass 'APR' to the function, you want 610 returned. But what happens in JAN? Do you really want to use DEC? How do you know which year it is?
Actually, that's not such an absurd thought. Suppose these were AVGs, instead of SUMs. Representing, oh, for example, average rainfall in litres per football field. Then pulling NOV,DEC,JAN when passed JAN makes perfect sense, because that data does wrap around, just like the months do.
You were kind enough to ask for ideas, and my best suggestion is to pass in the year as well as the month—when it makes a difference.
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