"Custom" records?
Before asking this, I suspect that the answer is no, but I'll ask anyway.
Is there a way to return a completely custom column/row record from a
plpgsql function?
I'd want a function "Descriptives(int)" with results to looking like the
below when SELECT:ed :
measurement | value
------------+------
Mean | 15.8
Median | 16.0
Std.dev | 0.8
Max | 38.0
Min | 0.0
If not possible in plpgsql, is there a workaround while still not having
an external program fetching a lot of data from the DB to do the
calculation?
// Joel
Joel Palmius <joel.palmius@mh.se> writes:
Is there a way to return a completely custom column/row record from a
plpgsql function?
If I understand you correctly, you should be able to do this in 7.3.
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/plpgsql-control-structures.html
(see RETURN NEXT)
Set-returning functions can also be defined using C or SQL.
Cheers,
Neil
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Joel,
I don't have an answer for this, but I do have a question.
I couldn't find any way to get a median native in PostgreSQL, did you write
a median function or some such? If so, would you be willing to share it?
Thanks,
Peter Darley
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Subject: [GENERAL] "Custom" records?
Before asking this, I suspect that the answer is no, but I'll ask anyway.
Is there a way to return a completely custom column/row record from a
plpgsql function?
I'd want a function "Descriptives(int)" with results to looking like the
below when SELECT:ed :
measurement | value
------------+------
Mean | 15.8
Median | 16.0
Std.dev | 0.8
Max | 38.0
Min | 0.0
If not possible in plpgsql, is there a workaround while still not having
an external program fetching a lot of data from the DB to do the
calculation?
// Joel
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On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:50:36 -0700
"Peter Darley" <pdarley@kinesis-cem.com> wrote:
Joel,
I don't have an answer for this, but I do have a question.
I couldn't find any way to get a median native in PostgreSQL, did you write
a median function or some such? If so, would you be willing to share it?
Thanks,
Peter Darley
Here is one of ways to get median values.
http://www.brasileiro.net/postgres/cookbook/view-one-recipe.adp?recipe_id=5486
Regards,
Masaru Sugawara