Hi , you can use GROUP BY , at the expense of adding one more column of SERIAL data type,
say, select * from t_a limit 10; access_log=# SELECT * from t_a limit 15; sno | value -----+------- 1 | 4533 2 | 2740 3 | 9970 4 | 6445 5 | 2220 6 | 2301 7 | 6847 8 | 5739 9 | 5286 10 | 5556 11 | 9309 12 | 9552 13 | 8589 14 | 5935 15 | 2382 (15 rows) if you want avg for every third item you can use: access_log=# SELECT avg(value) from t_a group by (1+(sno-1)/3) limit 5; avg ----------------- 5747.6666666667 3655.3333333333 5957.3333333333 8139.0000000000 5635.3333333333 (5 rows) you can replace 3 in the SQL with any number for grouping that many records. if you need MEAN , STDDEV , MAX, MIN etc you can use approprite AGGREGATE that PGSQL supports for numbers eg for MAX access_log=# SELECT MAX(value) from t_a group by (1+(sno-1)/3) limit 5; max ------ 9970 6445 6847 9552 8589 (5 rows) Regds MAlz. On Thursday 04 July 2002 00:02, teknokrat wrote: > In my database i have values recorded in one minute intervals. I would > like a query that can get me results for other time intervals. For > example - return maximum value in each 3 minute interval. Any ideas > how i can do this with sql? I tried writing a procedure in plsql but i > am told it does not support tuples as output. I can get the all the > one minute intervals and process them to get me three minute intervals > in my application but i would rather not do the expensive call for the > one minute intervals in the first place due to the large number of > data. any ideas? > > thanks > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Rajesh Kumar Mallah, Project Manager (Development) Infocom Network Limited, New Delhi phone: +91(11)6152172 (221) (L) ,9811255597 (M) Visit http://www.trade-india.com , India's Leading B2B eMarketplace. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org