Re: huge price database question.. - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 03/20/12 7:49 PM, Jim Green wrote:
> yes its possible but I would more likely grab the data to R and get
> the avg in R..

avg() in the database is going to be a lot faster than copying the data
into memory for an application to process.

Also, you know there's a plR for postgres that lets you embed R
functions in the database server and invoke them in SQL statements??





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