Oh heck. Yes, I misread avg(expression as ave. Sorry for this. ~ben
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:13 PM, hubert depesz lubaczewski <dep...@depesz.com > wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 02:07:54PM -0400, Benedict Holland wrote: > > This one is confusing. The only difference in my db is that it comes > from a > > user specific template not pg_default. > > "difference"? between what and what? > > > select ave(var) > > from test; > > > *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** > > > > > > and I get this as the error: > > > > > *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** > > ERROR: function ave(integer) does not exist > > LINE 1: select ave(var) > > ^ > > Never heard of ave() function. What should it do? > > > So why is this happening? I can run a "select sum(var)" and it works. > > Well, sum() works, because such function (aggregate actually) exists. > > Hmm .. perhaps you're looking for avg() - to get average value? > > Best regards, > > depesz > > -- > The best thing about modern society is how easy it is to avoid contact > with it. > > http://depesz.com/ >