Select MIN() & MAX()

On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, you wrote:

In the documentation it mentions that Postgresql does not currently support
MIN() and MAX() in the select list, but only in the where clause... will
this be available in the next version of Postgresql and is there another way
to do this in the current version?

I don't know what is written in the doc, but in practice

select MAX( Attr ) from Table;
select MIN( Attr ) from Table;
select AVG( Attr ) from Table;
etc.

works without problem for me (v.6.3.2)

- Greg

Greg Krasnow
HNC Software Inc.
Financial Solutions Group
Senior Software Engineer
Email: gak@hnc.com
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Fax: 619.799.8036

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In the documentation it mentions that Postgresql does not currently support
MIN() and MAX() in the select list, but only in the where clause... will
this be available in the next version of Postgresql and is there another way
to do this in the current version?

But we do support them in the select list. Where does it say that?

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I'm using this in a an application right now:
$result = pg_Exec($conn, "SELECT MAX(pos) FROM demogallery;");

and its been working fine for about 2-3 months...

On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Krasnow, Greg wrote: