From: | ocie(at)paracel(dot)com |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | sum(population) under Sybase |
Date: | 1998-02-11 20:01:50 |
Message-ID: | 9802112001.AA21569@dolomite.paracel.com |
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> Just to add in here...Oracle:
>
> SQL> select sum(population) from nations;
>
> SUM(POPULATION)
> ---------------
> 2771277000
>
> SQL>
Here is Sybase. Note, I declared the population field as int.
1> SELECT * FROM t1
2> go
name population
-------------------- -----------
RUSSIA 281170000
INDIA 766140000
CHINA 1072220000
JAPAN 129947000
CANADA 25610000
U.S.A. 242080000
MEXICO 81160000
BRAZIL 141450000
ARGENTINA 31500000
(9 rows affected)
1> select sum(population) from t1
2> go
Arithmetic overflow occurred.
But with population defined as numeric(20,0)
1> select * from t2
2> go
name population
-------------------- -----------------------
JAPAN 129947000
CANADA 25610000
U.S.A. 242080000
MEXICO 81160000
BRAZIL 141450000
ARGENTINA 31500000
INDIA 766140000
CHINA 1072220000
RUSSIA 281170000
(9 rows affected)
1> select sum(population) from t2
2> go
-----------------------------------------
2771277000
I sort of like this behavior. This way, a valid sum over fields of
type X can always be stored in a field of type X.
Ocie Mitchell
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