Using SUM Instead of MDIFF - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-03-30
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Teradata Vantageā„¢

The use of MDIFF is strongly discouraged. It is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard, and is retained only for backward compatibility with existing applications. MDIFF(x, w, y) is equivalent to:

   x - SUM(x) OVER (ORDER BY y 
                    ROWS BETWEEN w PRECEDING AND w PRECEDING)