Thread: is it possible to store results of aggregate calculations in table fields?
If I can do that and use table field values to do calculations once moved it won't be necessary for me to use plr. Earlier I tried: max_cystalic_pressure int NOT NULL, default max(cystalic_pressure), and psql won't create the table complaining about default and DEFAULT and def_EXPR I intended to be max(cystalic_pressure). Unfortunately Linux command line environment hasn't got anything able to compete with excel in terms of excel's functions which is why I tried this database system at all. I hope I do not have to use Windows to get this done. --
Re: is it possible to store results of aggregate calculations in table fields?
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Daniel Staal
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--As of October 13, 2014 4:49:28 PM -0400, Jude DaShiell is alleged to have said: > If I can do that and use table field values to do calculations once moved > it won't be necessary for me to use plr. Earlier I tried: > max_cystalic_pressure int NOT NULL, default max(cystalic_pressure), > and psql won't create the table complaining about default and DEFAULT and > def_EXPR I intended to be max(cystalic_pressure). > Unfortunately Linux command line environment hasn't got anything able to > compete with excel in terms of excel's functions which is why I tried > this database system at all. I hope I do not have to use Windows to get > this done. --As for the rest, it is mine. You could probably get the effect with a trigger, but I have a question for you: If their is a new max cystalic_pressure, do you want the table to update all the values? If so, how often do you want to check? At that point you are starting to get really convoluted. Probably a better option (especially if you want to have it update anytime the data changes) would be to create a VIEW. Views operate like tables in most respects to the user, but run a query instead of operating on a pre-existing table. On the other hand, I'm still wondering why you'd want to store that aggregate in every entry. It sounds like a XY[1] problem to me, so I wonder what you are really trying to solve. ;) Daniel T. Staal [1]: <http://xyproblem.info/> --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Re: is it possible to store results of aggregate calculations in table fields?
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David G Johnston
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Jude DaShiell wrote > If I can do that and use table field values to do calculations once moved > it won't be necessary for me to use plr. Earlier I tried: > max_cystalic_pressure int NOT NULL, default max(cystalic_pressure), > and psql won't create the table complaining about default and DEFAULT and > def_EXPR I intended to be max(cystalic_pressure). > Unfortunately Linux command line environment hasn't got anything able to > compete with excel in terms of excel's functions which is why I tried this > database system at all. I hope I do not have to use Windows to get this > done. Insert into sometable (somefield) Select max(field) from someothertable You can try trigger functions You can try a materialized view You can try a simple view You cannot use an aggregate in a default...it doesn't even make sense what doing so would mean. You can explain in more detail what your goal is instead and not assume you need to store an aggregate in a field to accomplish it. David J. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/is-it-possible-to-store-results-of-aggregate-calculations-in-table-fields-tp5822876p5822886.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - novice mailing list archive at Nabble.com.