portableSql

Variance Portable SQL Function

Syntax

Variance as N (Expression as N)

Arguments

ExpressionNumeric

An expression or field. The data type must be N.

Returns

resultNumeric

Returns the variance of the expression over all rows that satisfy the expression.

Description

Compute the variance of the expression over all rows that satisfy the expression.

Discussion

The Variance function computes the variance of the expression over all rows that satisfy the expression or all rows for a field.

Variance() function executed on the Northwind Access database
SELECT Variance(Quantity)  AS Expr1 FROM [Order Details] Order_Details
=361.838271213972