Re: average/stddev on all values returned by a select distinct

[Michael Fuhr <mike@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 01:51:21PM +0100, ann hedley wrote:
> What I want is the average and stddev of the set of lengths returned by 
> this query.  Something like...
> 
> select average(select distinct on (id) length(consensus) from cluster 
> order by id,length(consensus) desc);

I think this is what you're looking for:

select avg(length)
  from (
    select distinct on (id) length(consensus)
      from cluster
     order by id, length(consensus) desc
  ) s;

-- 
Michael Fuhr