Finding strange patters

From: Richi Plana <richip(at)mozcom(dot)com>
To: pgsql-sql(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Finding strange patters
Date: 1999-04-01 00:57:54
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.04.9904010852380.12452-100000@jaguar.mozcom.com
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Hi,

Given a table A(name char(20), value float), is it possible to select a
tuples whose value varies by a certain amount from the average of all
values with same names? ie.

SELECT name AS tempname, value FROM A WHERE value/(SELECT AVG(value) FROM
A WHERE name = tempname) > 0.75;

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