Re: BUG #4916: wish: more statistical functions (median, percentiles etc) - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Joshua Tolley
Subject Re: BUG #4916: wish: more statistical functions (median, percentiles etc)
Date
Msg-id 20090711012100.GD31174@eddie
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In response to BUG #4916: wish: more statistical functions (median, percentiles etc)  ("Richard Neill" <rn214@cam.ac.uk>)
Responses Re: BUG #4916: wish: more statistical functions (median, percentiles etc)  (Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>)
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On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 02:12:22AM +0100, Richard Neill wrote:
> Thanks for your reply. Sadly, I haven't the time (or expertise) to write=
=20=20
> this myself. However, the feature would be really useful to have. I'd=20=
=20
> certainly be willing to make a =A3200 payment or donation in return.

That's very nice of you to make the offer. Pending someone taking you up on
it, you might consider your ability to write the functions in some procedur=
al
language. They would probably be easier to write, and you'd only have to ma=
ke
them handle data types you're planning to use them with. For instance, ther=
e's
an example of PL/Perl versions available embedded in the code here:

 http://tr.im/rPDA

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