Re: [GENERAL] max(oid) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [GENERAL] max(oid)
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.21.0001221730360.3007-100000@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] max(oid)  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [GENERAL] max(oid)
List pgsql-general
On 2000-01-21, Bruce Momjian mentioned:

> > Is there a way to use the max aggregate on an oid field? When I try on
> > 6.5.3, I get the following error message:
> >
> > test=> select max(uid) from user_base;
> > ERROR: Unable to select an aggregate function max(oid)
> >
> > If there's any work-around, please let me know.
> > Marc
> >
>
> Added to TODO:
>
>     * allow aggregates on oid

We already had a TODO item for this and came to the conclusion that
* Make type equivalency apply to aggregates
will solve this.

For right now the user could do the following:

INSERT INTO pg_aggregate VALUES ('max', <your user id>, 'int4larger', '-',
'-', 26, 26, 0, 26, NULL, NULL);

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