pgsql: Implement 4 new aggregate functions from SQL2003. - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From neilc@postgresql.org (Neil Conway)
Subject pgsql: Implement 4 new aggregate functions from SQL2003.
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Msg-id 20060310201528.4E5939DCB7A@postgresql.org
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Implement 4 new aggregate functions from SQL2003. Specifically: var_pop(),
var_samp(), stddev_pop(), and stddev_samp(). var_samp() and stddev_samp()
are just renamings of the historical Postgres aggregates variance() and
stddev() -- the latter names have been kept for backward compatibility.
This patch includes updates for the documentation and regression tests.
The catversion has been bumped.

NB: SQL2003 requires that DISTINCT not be specified for any of these
aggregates. Per discussion on -patches, I have NOT implemented this
restriction: if the user asks for stddev(DISTINCT x), presumably they
know what they are doing.

Modified Files:
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    pgsql/doc/src/sgml:
        func.sgml (r1.312 -> r1.313)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml.diff?r1=1.312&r2=1.313)
    pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt:
        float.c (r1.121 -> r1.122)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c.diff?r1=1.121&r2=1.122)
        numeric.c (r1.92 -> r1.93)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c.diff?r1=1.92&r2=1.93)
    pgsql/src/include/catalog:
        catversion.h (r1.319 -> r1.320)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/catalog/catversion.h.diff?r1=1.319&r2=1.320)
        pg_aggregate.h (r1.53 -> r1.54)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/catalog/pg_aggregate.h.diff?r1=1.53&r2=1.54)
        pg_proc.h (r1.403 -> r1.404)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h.diff?r1=1.403&r2=1.404)
    pgsql/src/include/utils:
        builtins.h (r1.276 -> r1.277)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/utils/builtins.h.diff?r1=1.276&r2=1.277)
    pgsql/src/test/regress/expected:
        aggregates.out (r1.12 -> r1.13)

(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/test/regress/expected/aggregates.out.diff?r1=1.12&r2=1.13)
    pgsql/src/test/regress/sql:
        aggregates.sql (r1.10 -> r1.11)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/test/regress/sql/aggregates.sql.diff?r1=1.10&r2=1.11)

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