Re: aggregate function stddev

Is this a TODO?

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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Kemin,
>
> > Just noticed that the postgres stddev is the stddev_sample formula.
> > There are two different ways to calculate this value.
> > Their difference is very small with large samle size. It would be nice
> > to distinguish the two different versions.
>
> Note sent to PGSQL-DOCS.
>
> > I also noticed that oracle has stddev_sample and stddev_population.
> > This is just a wish list.
>
> Were you aware that in PostgreSQL you can write your own aggregates? It's
> relatively easy to do.
>
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> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
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