On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 02:07:54PM -0400, Benedict Holland wrote:
> This one is confusing. The only difference in my db is that it comes from a
> user specific template not pg_default.
"difference"? between what and what?
> select ave(var)
> from test;
>
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>
>
> and I get this as the error:
>
>
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> ERROR: function ave(integer) does not exist
> LINE 1: select ave(var)
> ^
Never heard of ave() function. What should it do?
> So why is this happening? I can run a "select sum(var)" and it works.
Well, sum() works, because such function (aggregate actually) exists.
Hmm .. perhaps you're looking for avg() - to get average value?
Best regards,
depesz
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