Tom,

> Um ... does that work?  I thought LIMIT was fairly restrictive about
> what it would take as a parameter --- like, constants or $n
> parameters
> only.
> 
> I do not know of any median-finding algorithm that doesn't require a
> depressingly large amount of storage...

Me neither.  You're right; the query didn't work.  

Here's a link to the median-finding function I posted to the CookBook:

http://www.brasileiro.net/postgres/cookbook/view-one-recipe.adp?recipe_id=1654

Anyone who can improve it is welcome!

-Josh

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