Re: [PATCH] random_normal function

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: Paul Ramsey <pramsey(at)cleverelephant(dot)ca>, Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random_normal function
Date: 2022-12-09 19:01:20
Message-ID: 25ec598b-0f3e-319a-8867-edddeb345129@joeconway.com
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On 12/9/22 13:51, Paul Ramsey wrote:
>> On Dec 9, 2022, at 10:39 AM, Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>> On Dec 8, 2022, at 1:53 PM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey(at)cleverelephant(dot)ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just a utility function to generate random numbers from a normal
>>> distribution. I find myself doing this several times a year, and I am
>>> sure I must not be the only one.
>>
>> Thanks for the patch. What do you think about these results?
>
> Angels on pins time! :)

I just noticed this thread -- what is lacking in the normal_rand()
function in the tablefunc contrib?

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/tablefunc.html#id-1.11.7.52.5

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Joe Conway
PostgreSQL Contributors Team
RDS Open Source Databases
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com

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