COVAR_POP is one of the vital Analytic functions of Oracle. It is used to get the population covariance of a set of number pairs. The COVAR_POP function is supported in the various versions of the Oracle/PLSQL, including, Oracle 12c, Oracle 11g, Oracle 10g, Oracle 9i and Oracle 8i.
Syntax:
COVAR_POP ( expr1, expr2 )
Parameters:
expr1, expr2: They are used to specify the numerical expressions to be used for calculation.
Example:
select COVAR_POP (avg_age, avg_marks) from students; |
Explanation:
Here, the population covariance will be returned for the fields called ‘avg_age’ and ‘avg_marks’ of the ‘students’ table.