Re: averaging interval values - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Christoph Haller
Subject Re: averaging interval values
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Msg-id 3DD1274C.8F4C0335@rodos.fzk.de
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In response to averaging interval values  ("praveen vejandla" <praveen_vejandla@rediffmail.com>)
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> 1:01:01
> 0:25:15
> 7:09:01
> 8:09:05
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> Is there any way to average or sum those above values using a
> function?
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> i could not type cast the varchar(40) to interval type.
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> How to change the datatype of field from varchar to interval?
>

Try

SELECT CAST(CAST (t2 AS TEXT) AS INTERVAL) FROM test;
SELECT AVG(CAST(CAST (t2 AS TEXT) AS INTERVAL)) FROM test;
SELECT SUM(CAST(CAST (t2 AS TEXT) AS INTERVAL)) FROM test;

It works fine on my machine, I'm using PostgreSQL 7.2.1.

Regards, Christoph



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