Re: histogram

From: Thomas Markus <t(dot)markus(at)proventis(dot)net>
To: Joel Reymont <joelr1(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: histogram
Date: 2011-05-01 07:41:43
Message-ID: 4DBD0EB7.8070207@proventis.net
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hi,

group by 1 means group by first output column
order by 2 means order by second output column ascending

Am 30.04.2011 19:00, schrieb Joel Reymont:
> What is the meaning of
>
> group by 1 order by 2
>
> e.g. what to the numbers 1 and 2 stand for?
>
> What would change if I do the following?
>
> group by 1 order by 1
>
> On Apr 30, 2011, at 5:48 PM, Thomas Markus wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> try something like this:
>>
>> select
>> trunc(random() * 10.)/10.
>> , count(*)
>> from
>> generate_series(1,2000000)
>> group by 1 order by 2
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