#29561: Window Function Lag/Lead supported on Filter (Not equal) for FloatField
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               Reporter:             |          Owner:  nobody
  gabriellima                        |
                   Type:             |         Status:  new
  Uncategorized                      |
              Component:  Database   |        Version:  2.0
  layer (models, ORM)                |       Keywords:  window functions
               Severity:  Normal     |  database
           Triage Stage:             |      Has patch:  0
  Unreviewed                         |
    Needs documentation:  0          |    Needs tests:  0
Patch needs improvement:  0          |  Easy pickings:  0
                  UI/UX:  0          |
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 I'd like to be able to reproduce the following example in Django, but on
 the Temperature column
 (https://fle.github.io/detect-value-changes-between-successive-lines-with-
 postgresql.html)


 Given a table

 db=> SELECT * FROM weather ORDER BY day DESC;

 ||= day ||= temperature ||= rainy =||
 || 2014-04-08 ||         20.0 || f
 ||2014-04-07 ||          20.0 || f
 ||    2014-04-06 ||          16.0 || t
 ||    2014-04-05 ||          16.0 || t
 ||    2014-04-04 ||          16.0 || t
 ||    2014-04-03 ||          22.0 || f
 ||    2014-04-02 ||          22.0 || f
 ||    2014-04-01 ||         22.0 || t


 I'd like to show dates only if the temperature changed:

 ||= day ||= temperature =||
 ||2014-04-08 || 20.0||
 ||2014-04-06 || 16.0||
 ||2014-04-03 || 22.0||


 On pure PostgreSQL, this translates to:

 {{{#!sql
 SELECT
     w1.day, w1.temperature
 FROM
     (SELECT
         w2.day,
         w2.temperature,
         lead(w2.temperature) OVER (ORDER BY w2.day DESC) as prev_temp
      FROM
         weather w2
      ORDER BY
         w2.day DESC) as w1
 WHERE
     w1.temp IS DISTINCT FROM w1.prev_temp
 ORDER BY
     w1.day DESC;
 }}}

 I could accomplish the inner query by using the new Window Functions:

 {{{#!python
 Weather.objects.annotate(prev_temp=Window(expression=Lead('temperature'),
 order_by=F('day').desc()))
 }}}

 Now my problem is use this annotation to filter only when temperature
 differs from prev_temp
 (in order to accomplish something similar to the "temperature IS DISTINCT
 FROM prev_temp")

 When I try to use the available filters, the following errors occurs:

 {{{#!python
 Weather.objects.annotate(prev_temp=Window(expression=Lead('temperature'),
 
order_by=F('day').desc())).order_by('-day').filter(temperature__ne=F('prev_temp'))
 }}}

 Gives the error:
 {{{#!python
 FieldError: Unsupported lookup 'ne' for FloatField or join on the field
 not permitted.
 }}}

 Another try:

 {{{#!python
 Weather.objects.annotate(prev_temp=Window(expression=Lead('temperature'),
 
order_by=F('day').desc())).order_by('-day').filter(~Q(temperature=F('prev_temp'))))
 }}}
 Gives the error:
 {{{#!python
 ProgrammingError: window functions are not allowed in WHERE
 }}}

 It's in fact a PostgreSQL error, because the generated SQL query tries to
 pass the LAG function inside the where clause.

 How may I accomplish that, even if I have to use the extra fields, or even
 RawSQL class ?

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