Name

VARIANCE( )

Synopsis

VARIANCE(column)

The function returns the standard variance of column, based on the rows selected as a whole population. Use it in conjunction with the GROUP BY clause. This function is available as of Version 4.1 of MySQL.

SELECT col1, VARIANCE(col2)
   FROM table1
   GROUP BY col1;

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