Peter - I did a quick search in www.google.com <http://www.google.com> , entering "Oracle Standard Deviation", and turned up the fact that Oracle8i supports the STDDEV function. Enjoy. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 6:05 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi I asked this earlier over on the ODTUG-SQLPLUS-L list, not much response I am working on a problem where I have rows of data and the structure includes 48 elements of data in each row on which i need to calculate the standard deviation for the 48 elements in that row. I currently have that data in a PL/SQL table in the form of one element to each row in that table as part of the overall package and could use this to calculate it. 1) Can I use stddev on a pl/sql table and if so what column name do I use in the stddev function. The column type in the PL/SQL table is Number. or 2) Do I need to write it out to a temp table and get it from that. TIA Peter McLarty E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Consultant WWW: http://www.Mincom.com APAC Technical Services Phone: +61 (0)7 3303 3461 Brisbane, Australia Mobile: +61 (0)402 094 238 ---------------------- Facsimile: +61 (0)7 3303 3048 -- This transmission is for the intended addressee only and is confidential information. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it and notify the sender. The contents of this e-mail are the opinion of the writer only and are not endorsed by the Mincom Group of companies unless expressly stated otherwise. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
