Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial/Linear Regression Functions/STDDEV

STDDEV([DISTINCT | ALL] value) [OVER (analytic_clause)] returns the standard deviation value

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> -- create demo table
SQL> create table myTable(
  2    id           NUMBER(2),
  3    value        NUMBER(6,2)
  4  )
  5  /
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> -- prepare data
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (1,9);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (2,2.11);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (3,3.44);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (4,-4.21);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (5,10);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (6,3);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (7,-5.88);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (8,123.45);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (9,98.23);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (10,938.23);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (11,984.23);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (12,198.23);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (13,928.87);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (14,25.37);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (15,918.3);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (16,9.23);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into myTable(ID,  value)values (17,8.23);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> select * from myTable
  2  /
        ID      VALUE
---------- ----------
         1          9
         2       2.11
         3       3.44
         4      -4.21
         5         10
         6          3
         7      -5.88
         8     123.45
         9      98.23
        10     938.23
        11     984.23
        ID      VALUE
---------- ----------
        12     198.23
        13     928.87
        14      25.37
        15      918.3
        16       9.23
        17       8.23
17 rows selected.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> SELECT STDDEV(value) FROM myTable;
STDDEV(VALUE)
-------------
   399.834568
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> -- clean the table
SQL> drop table myTable
  2  /
Table dropped.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>