Question

I never worked with pgsql before and im trying to convert this function to Mysql… can you give me a hand?

create or replace function hot(ups integer, downs integer, date timestamp with time zone) returns numeric as $$
select round(cast(log(greatest(abs($1 - $2), 1)) + sign($1 - $2) * (date_part('epoch', $3) - 1134028003) / 45000.0 as numeric), 7) $$ language sql immutable

EDIT:

So far i’ve got this but it still gives me an error

create function hot(ups MEDIUMINT, downs MEDIUMINT, date timestamp) returns BIGINT
select round(cast(log(greatest(abs($1 - $2), 1)) + sign($1 - $2) * (unix_timestamp(date) - 1134028003) / 45000.0 BIGINT), 7)
$$ language sql immutable

“You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘BIGINT), 7) $$ language sql immutable’ at line 2”

Answer 1

That defines the function hot(ups, downs, date) (where ups and downs are integers and date is a timestamp-with-time-zone) as this SQL statement:

SELECT ROUND( CAST( LOG(GREATEST(ABS(ups - downs), 1))
                    + SIGN(ups - downs) * (DATE_PART('epoch', date) - 1134028003) / 45000.0
                    AS NUMERIC
                  ),
              7
            )
;

The $$ ... $$ notation is a PostgreSQL notation for a multiline string (in this case, containing the SQL query that defines the function). The LANGUAGE SQL indicates that the function is in SQL (and not, for example, PL/pgSQL). The IMMUTABLE (see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/sql-createfunction.html) indicates that the function doesn’t modify the database, and always returns the same results for the same arguments. (In other words, it’s a “pure” function.)

• For information on round, log, abs, and sign, see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/functions-math.html.
• CAST(... AS NUMERIC) returns its argument as a number (for example, CAST('123' AS NUMERIC) is 123).
• For information on greatest, see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/functions-conditional.html.
• DATE_PART('epoch', ...) returns its argument (a date) as a number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000 GMT.