COVAR_POP Function Syntax | Teradata Vantage - COVAR_POP Function Syntax - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

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Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.10
Published
July 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-07-28
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COVAR_POP (value_expression_1, value_expression_2)

Syntax Elements

value_expression_1
A numeric expression to be paired with a second numeric expression to determine their covariance.
The expression cannot contain any ordered analytical or aggregate functions.
value_expression_2
A numeric expression to be paired with a second numeric expression to determine their covariance.
The expression cannot contain any ordered analytical or aggregate functions.

Result Format Types

The data type, format, and title for COVAR_POP are as follows.

Data type: REAL
  • If the operand is character, the format is the default format for FLOAT.
  • If the operand is numeric, date, or interval, the format is the same format as x.
  • If the operand is a UDT, the format is the format for the data type to which the UDT is implicitly cast.

For information on the default format of data types and an explanation of the formatting characters in the format, see “Data Type Formats and Format Phrases” in Teradata Vantage™ - Data Types and Literals, B035-1143.