Re: partitioning a dataset + employing hysteresis condition - Mailing list pgsql-general

Hi,
I've got this table:
create table phone_calls
(
    start_time timestamp,
    device_id integer,
    term_status integer
);

It describes phone call events. A 'term_status' is a sort-of an exit status for the call, whereby a value != 0 indicates some sort of error.
Given that, I wish to retrieve data on devices with a persisting error on them, of a specific type. I.E. that their last term_status was, say 2. I'd like to employ some hysteresis on the query: only consider a device as errorring if:
1. the last "good" (0) term_status pre-dates a "bad" (2) term_status.
2. it has at least N "bad" term_status events following the last "good" one.
3. The time span between the first "bad" term_status event and the last one is >= T minutes

For instance, w/the following data set:

INSERT INTO phone_calls(start_time, device_id, term_status) VALUES (now() - interval '10 minutes', 1, 2, 0);
INSERT INTO phone_calls(start_time, device_id, term_status) VALUES (now() - interval '9 minutes', 1, 2, 1);
INSERT INTO phone_calls(start_time, device_id, term_status) VALUES (now() - interval '7 minutes', 1, 2, 1);
INSERT INTO phone_calls(start_time, device_id, term_status) VALUES (now() - interval '6 minutes', 1, 2, 1);
INSERT INTO phone_calls(start_time, device_id, term_status) VALUES (now() - interval '5 minutes', 1, 2, 0);
INSERT INTO phone_calls(start_time, device_id, term_status) VALUES (now() - interval '4 minutes', 1, 2, 2);
INSERT INTO phone_calls(start_time, device_id, term_status)VALUES (now() - interval '3 minutes', 1, 2, 2);
INSERT INTO phone_calls(start_time, device_id, term_status)VALUES (now() - interval '2 minutes', 1, 2, 2);

with N=3, T=3
The query should return device_id 2 as errorring, as it registered 3 "bad" events for at least 3 minutes.

I assume some partitioning needs to be employed here, but am not very sure-footed on the subject.

Would appreciate some guidance.
10x,