From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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To: | Justin <justin(at)emproshunts(dot)com> |
Cc: | btober(at)ct(dot)metrocast(dot)net, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: how do you write aggregate function |
Date: | 2008-03-10 07:46:38 |
Message-ID: | 20080310074638.GA12727@svana.org |
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On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 11:40:47AM -0500, Justin wrote:
> I got the aggregate function for weighted average done. I finely left
> alone for more than 10 minutes to actual get it written. It takes 2
> value input Weight and the Value. it will sum the weighted entries to
> create the constant then does the normal formula, but does not
> percentage number but averaged number. A simple change on the return
> line it can do percentages.
If you're looking for performance, ISTM the best option would be to
simply accumulate the weights and value*weight as you go and do a
division at the end. That seems likely to beat any implementation
involving array_append.
Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Please line up in a tree and maintain the heap invariant while
> boarding. Thank you for flying nlogn airlines.
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