BUG #2767: Bug in avg(interval)

From: "Steffen Macke" <sdteffen(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: BUG #2767: Bug in avg(interval)
Date: 2006-11-18 07:17:51
Message-ID: 200611180717.kAI7Hpcd071631@wwwmaster.postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 2767
Logged by: Steffen Macke
Email address: sdteffen(at)gmail(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 8.1.4
Operating system: Windows XP
Description: Bug in avg(interval)
Details:

select avg(interval) is occasionally returning wrong
values:

Example:

select avg(test) from problem

returns

1 day 25:15:30

while the correct result is

2 days 01:15:30

Here is a table with sample data used:

CREATE TABLE problem (
test interval
);
COPY problem (test) FROM stdin;
1 day 20:39:28
4 days 00:02:53
1 day 00:03:01
2 days 02:08:34
01:33:34
3 days 07:05:35
\.

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