The following PostgreSQL database table is ordered by date field and company field. Some values of column3 are NULL.
Task: Handle records of same company in time order according to the specified rule: First, in each group, delete records until the first non-NULL column3 value appears; then modify each NULL column3 value to its directly previous column3 value until the next non-NULL column3 value appears. Repeat the modification until a new non-NULL column3 value appears, and so on.
Write the following SPL code:
A1: Query the database via JDBC and sort rows by company field and date field.
A2: Handle each record: for records of same group, do not modify the current column3 value if it is non-NULL, and modify it as the directly previous column3 value if it is NULL.
A3: Select records whose column3 value is non-NULL, sort them by date, and return the result.
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