How can I apply mathematical function to MySQL query?
Question
I've got the following query to determine how many votes a story has received:
SELECT s_id, s_title, s_time, (s_time-now()) AS s_timediff,
(
(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM s_ups WHERE stories.q_id=s_ups.s_id) -
(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM s_downs WHERE stories.s_id=s_downs.s_id)
) AS votes
FROM stories
I'd like to apply the following mathematical function to it for upcoming stories (I think it's what reddit uses) - http://redflavor.com/reddit.cf.algorithm.png
I can perform the function on the application side (which I'm doing now), but I can't sort it by the ranking which the function provides.
Any advise?
Solution
Try this:
SELECT s_id, s_title, log10(Z) + (Y * s_timediff)/45000 AS redditfunction
FROM (
SELECT stories.s_id, stories.s_title, stories.s_time,
stories.s_time - now() AS s_timediff,
count(s_ups.s_id) - count(s_downs.s_id) as X,
if(X>0,1,if(x<0,-1,0)) as Y,
if(abs(x)>=1,abs(x),1) as Z
FROM stories
LEFT JOIN s_ups ON stories.q_id=s_ups.s_id
LEFT JOIN s_downs ON stories.s_id=s_downs.s_id
GROUP BY stories.s_id
) as derived_table1
You might need to check this statement if it works with your datasets.
OTHER TIPS
y and z are the tricky ones. You want a specific return based on x's value. That sounds like a good reason to make a function.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/if-statement.html
You should make 1 function for y and one for z. pass in x, and expect a number back out.
DELIMINATOR //
CREATE FUNCTION y_element(x INT)
RETURNS INT
BEGIN
DECLARE y INT;
IF x > 0 SET y = 1;
ELSEIF x = 0 SET y = 0;
ELSEIF x < 0 SET y = -1;
END IF;
RETURN y;
END //;
DELIMINATOR;
There is y. I did it by hand without checking so you may have to fix a few typo's. Do z the same way, and then you have all of the values for your final function.