MySQL中位数计算方法详解

在MySQL中，我们可以通过多种方式来计算数据的中位数，本文将详细介绍如何使用不同的方法来计算中位数。

1. 使用LIMIT和OFFSET

这是最简单的方法，适用于数据量较小的情况，我们只需要找到中间的索引，然后使用LIMIT和OFFSET来获取这个值。

SELECT column_name
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name
LIMIT 1 OFFSET (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_name) / 2;

这种方法的缺点是，当数据量较大时，性能会非常差，因为每次查询都需要对整个表进行排序。

2. 使用变量

我们可以使用用户定义的变量来存储中间值，然后在循环中更新这个值，这种方法的性能比第一种方法好，但是仍然需要对整个表进行排序。

SET @rowindex := -1;
SELECT column_name, @rowindex := @rowindex + 1 AS rowindex
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name;

我们可以使用以下查询来获取中位数：

SELECT column_name
FROM (
    SELECT column_name, @rowindex := @rowindex + 1 AS rowindex
    FROM table_name, (SELECT @rowindex := -1) r
    ORDER BY column_name
) t1, (
    SELECT COUNT(*) AS total_rows
    FROM table_name
) t2
WHERE t1.rowindex IN (FLOOR((total_rows + 1) / 2), FLOOR((total_rows + 2) / 2));

3. 使用窗口函数

MySQL 8.0引入了窗口函数，这使得计算中位数变得更加简单，我们可以使用ROW_NUMBER()窗口函数来为每一行分配一个唯一的序号，然后选择中间的行。

SELECT column_name
FROM (
    SELECT column_name, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY column_name) AS rownum
    FROM table_name
) t1
WHERE t1.rownum IN (FLOOR((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_name) / 2), FLOOR((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_name) / 2) + 1);

这种方法的性能比前两种方法都好，因为它不需要对整个表进行排序，它需要MySQL 8.0或更高版本。

4. 使用自定义函数和变量

对于MySQL 5.7及更早的版本，我们可以创建自定义函数来计算中位数，我们需要创建一个存储过程，该过程接受一个参数（即表名），并返回中位数，我们可以调用这个存储过程来获取中位数。

DELIMITER //
CREATE PROCEDURE GetMedian(IN tableName VARCHAR(64))
BEGIN
    DECLARE done INT DEFAULT FALSE;
    DECLARE a, b, c, median DOUBLE;
    DECLARE cur CURSOR FOR SELECT column_name FROM tableName;
    DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = TRUE;
    OPEN cur;
    read_loop: LOOP
        FETCH cur INTO a; IF done THEN LEAVE read_loop; END IF;
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