Re: BUG #4916: wish: more statistical functions (median, percentiles etc)

From: Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Richard Neill <rn214(at)hermes(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk>
Cc: Richard Neill <rn214(at)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4916: wish: more statistical functions (median, percentiles etc)
Date: 2009-07-11 01:21:00
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On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 02:12:22AM +0100, Richard Neill wrote:
> Thanks for your reply. Sadly, I haven't the time (or expertise) to write
> this myself. However, the feature would be really useful to have. I'd
> certainly be willing to make a £200 payment or donation in return.

That's very nice of you to make the offer. Pending someone taking you up on
it, you might consider your ability to write the functions in some procedural
language. They would probably be easier to write, and you'd only have to make
them handle data types you're planning to use them with. For instance, there's
an example of PL/Perl versions available embedded in the code here:

http://tr.im/rPDA

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Joshua Tolley / eggyknap
End Point Corporation
http://www.endpoint.com

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