Re: wip: functions median and percentile - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Kevin Grittner
Subject Re: wip: functions median and percentile
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Msg-id 4C6D2EE8020000250003492A@gw.wicourts.gov
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In response to Re: wip: functions median and percentile  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> wrote:
> I looked there and Oracle11g use "median" in common sense.
As does Sybase IQ.  FWIW, Excel spreadsheets do, too.
The chance of the SQL committee picking some other meaning for bare
MEDIAN seems vanishingly small; although I have to grant that with
only Oracle and Sybase as a precedent in the SQL world, it's not
zero.
-Kevin


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