Calculating Derivatives in Access 1

[WalterContrata]

What is a good method of calculating derivatives in Access (or of calculating anything that depends on multiple rows of a table.)?

I have a table of phase ([φ]) versus frequency (f), and I need to calculate d[φ]/df, the group delay.

Here is a sample:

ID f [φ]
11 3.045 -1.35
12 3.344 -1.52
13 3.644 -1.67
14 3.943 -1.82
15 4.243 -1.98
16 4.542 -2.13
17 4.842 -2.32
18 5.141 -2.5
19 5.441 -2.66

I need to calculate

([φ]_ID+1 - [φ]_ID-1)/(f_ID+1 - f_ID-1)

Can it be done with a query? Is VBA the best, or only, way?

Best Regards,

 

[PHV]

A starting point:
SELECT B.ID, B.f, B.?, (C.?-A.?)/(C.f-A.f) As Delay
FROM (yourTable B
INNER JOIN yourTable A ON B.ID = A.ID + 1)
INNER JOIN yourTable C ON B.ID = C.ID - 1

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[WalterContrata]

PHV,

Slick! Wish I had thought of that.

Thanks,
Walter