pgsql: Repair corner-case bug in array version of percentile_cont(). - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Tom Lane
Subject pgsql: Repair corner-case bug in array version of percentile_cont().
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Msg-id E1XzptC-0003Ra-QL@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Repair corner-case bug in array version of percentile_cont().

The code for advancing through the input rows overlooked the case that we
might already be past the first row of the row pair now being considered,
in case the previous percentile also fell between the same two input rows.

Report and patch by Andrew Gierth; logic rewritten a bit for clarity by me.

Branch
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REL9_4_STABLE

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/9ccae6360df4a8be845e28b0ab9042ab09e8c397

Modified Files
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src/backend/utils/adt/orderedsetaggs.c   |   34 ++++++++++++++++++------------
src/test/regress/expected/aggregates.out |    8 +++----
src/test/regress/sql/aggregates.sql      |    2 +-
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)


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