Re: avg(interval)

From: Joe <dev(at)freedomcircle(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jeremiah Elliott <geek00(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: avg(interval)
Date: 2006-06-26 22:12:36
Message-ID: 44A05BD4.60900@freedomcircle.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Jeremiah Elliott" <geek00(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> however if i don't average them here is what i get:
>> "7 days 22:24:50.62311";"*2420"
>> "9 days 22:21:02.683393";"*2420"
>> "23:21:35.458459";"*2420"
>> "4 days 22:47:41.749756";"*2420"
>> "3 days 06:05:59.456947";"*2420"
>
>> which should average to just over nine days -
>
> Uh ... how do you arrive at that conclusion? I haven't done the math,
> but by eyeball an average of four-something days doesn't look out of
> line for those values.

It seems he's calculating (7 + 9 + 23 + 4 + 3) / 5 ...

Joe

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