On Nov 16, 2012, at 3:52, LEA KANG <makang71@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a table with several lines as following; > > - Create table mytable (type number , values integer [2]) ; > > - Insert into mytable values (1, ‘{ 10, 0 }’ ); > - Insert into mytable values (1, ‘{ 20, 30 }’ ); > - Insert into mytable values (2, ‘{30, 60}’ ); > > (In fact, the array size is very big (ex. values [10000]) but the size is > fix. In order to simplify the example, I used an array integer [2]). > > I would like to obtain the average value of each index of the array column, > values column. > > Is it possible to create an aggregate function which can works as following > ? : > (Suppose that avg_mytable is the aggregation function name.) > > Ex1) Select avg_mytable (values) from mytable ; > > avg_mytable (values) > ------------------------ > { 20, 30} > > > (Explication of the results: 20 because (10+20+30)/3 , 30 because > (0+30+60)/3) > > Ex2) Select type, avg_mytable (values) from mytable Group by type ; > > Type | avg_mytable (values) > --------------------------------------------- > 1 | { 15, 15} > 2 | { 30, 60} > > > Thank you so much, > > In a sub-query unnest the array and use generate_series to keep track of the array index position. Next level perform a sum for each array index. Next level calculate the average for each index. Final level array_agg to recreate an array. David J. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general