From: | Bill Eaton <wpeaton(at)adelphia(dot)net> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | user defined aggregate with multiple arguments |
Date: | 2006-10-12 05:23:27 |
Message-ID: | 452DD14F.9000107@adelphia.net |
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I have a need to create some statistical functions in PostgreSQL that
will take multiple "column" arguments and return multiple values.
A good example would be a least squares fit of a line through a set of
(x,y) points. In this case, I would want the function to accept two
"columns" of data (i.e. x data and y data) as arguments and return two
parameters: the slope and intercept of a line.
The slope is given by
[sum(x^2)*sum(y) - sum(x)*sum*x*y)] / [M*sum(x^2) -(sum(x))^2]
It's not *that* complicated, but it's not that easy to remember either.
And if you're already doing a lot of work to tease out the x and y
points from various tables, it simplifies your query if you can do a
function call.
I can't tell from what have read about user defined functions and user
defined aggregates whether this kind of function is possible.
Bill Eaton
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