X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 322639FA7B6 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:37:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25157-07 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:37:08 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB4719FA10A for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:37:07 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5QLb3Sb023244; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:37:03 -0400 (EDT) To: "Jeremiah Elliott" cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: avg(interval) In-reply-to: <17eca7f50606261422m77395b89ufb713720defb8b42@mail.gmail.com> References: <17eca7f50606261422m77395b89ufb713720defb8b42@mail.gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Jeremiah Elliott" message dated "Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:22:11 -0500" Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:37:03 -0400 Message-ID: <23243.1151357823@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200606/271 X-Sequence-Number: 25507 "Jeremiah Elliott" writes: > however if i don't average them here is what i get: > "7 days 22:24:50.62311";"*2420" > "9 days 22:21:02.683393";"*2420" > "23:21:35.458459";"*2420" > "4 days 22:47:41.749756";"*2420" > "3 days 06:05:59.456947";"*2420" > which should average to just over nine days - Uh ... how do you arrive at that conclusion? I haven't done the math, but by eyeball an average of four-something days doesn't look out of line for those values. regards, tom lane