SQL query that calculates historical average and checks if current value is greater multiple than 3 - sql

Question

I am try to calculate the average since the last time stamp and pull all records where the average is greater than 3. My current query is:
SELECT AVG(BID)/BID AS Multiple
FROM cdsData
where Multiple > 3
and SqlUnixTime > 1492225582
group by ID_BB_RT;
I have a table cdsData and the unix time is april 15th converted. Finally I want the group by calculated within the ID as I show. I'm not sure why it's failing but it says that the field Multiple is unknown in the where clause.

Answer 1

I am try to calculate the average since the last time stamp and pull all records where the average is greater than 3.
I think your intention is correctly stated as follows, "I am trying to calculate the average since the last time stamp and select all rows where the average is greater than 3 times the individual bid".
In fact, a still better restatement of your objective would be, "I want to select all rows since the last time stamp, where the bid is less than 1/3rd the average bid".
For this, the steps are as follows:
1) A sub-query finds the average bid divided by 3, of rows since the last time stamp.
2) The outer query selects rows since the last time stamp, where the individual bid is < the value returned by the sub-query.
The following SQL statement does that:
SELECT BID
FROM cdsData
WHERE SqlUnixTime > 1492225582
AND BID <
(
SELECT AVG(BID) / 3
FROM cdsData
WHERE SqlUnixTime > 1492225582
)
ORDER BY BID;

Answer 2

1)
SQL is evaluated backwards, from right to left. So the where clause is parsed and evaluate prior to the select clause. Because of this the aliasing of AVG(BID)/BID to Multiple has not yet occurred.
You can try this.
SELECT AVG(BID)/BID AS Multiple
FROM cdsData
WHERE SqlUnixTime > 1492225582
GROUP BY ID_BB_RT Having (AVG(BID)/BID)>3 ;
Or
Select Multiple
From (SELECT AVG(BID)/BID AS Multiple
FROM cdsData
Where SqlUnixTime > 1492225582 group by ID_BB_R)X
Where multiple >3
2)
Once you corrected the above error, you will be having one more error:
Column 'BID' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause.
To correct this you have to insert BID column in group by clause.