Re: min,max aggregate functions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: min,max aggregate functions
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Msg-id 29475.1014832047@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Responses Re: min,max aggregate functions  (Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>)
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Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> writes:
> AFAIK, it's required to write min(),max() aggregate functions for
> user-defined types even if compare function is already defined for
> this type. Is't possible to get these functions working for
> such user-defined types automatically ?

Doesn't really seem worth the trouble.  We'd need some sort of notion
of a generic aggregate function; and even then, you'd have to tell the
system what comparison function to use for your datatype.
        regards, tom lane


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