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From neilc@postgresql.org (Neil Conway)
Subject pgsql: Prevent corr() from returning the wrong results for negative
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Msg-id 20070919223149.1F904753E4C@cvs.postgresql.org
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Prevent corr() from returning the wrong results for negative correlation
values. The previous coding essentially assumed that x = sqrt(x*x), which
does not hold for x < 0.

Thanks to Jie Zhang at Greenplum and Gavin Sherry for reporting this
issue.

Modified Files:
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    pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt:
        float.c (r1.150 -> r1.151)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c?r1=1.150&r2=1.151)

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