On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 08:53:10PM +, Greg Stark wrote:
> SELECT col FROM tab ORDER BY col DESC OFFSET 1 LIMIT 1
>
> In 8.4 OLAP window functions provide more standard and flexibility
> method but in this case it wouldn't perform as well:
>
> postgres=# select i from (select i, rank() over (o
Hello
select min(x) from (select x from data order by x desc limit 2) s;
Pavel
2010/3/4 Louis-David Mitterrand :
> Hi,
>
> With builtin aggregates is it possible to return the value just before
> max(col)?
>
> Thanks,
>
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SELECT col FROM tab ORDER BY col DESC OFFSET 1 LIMIT 1
In 8.4 OLAP window functions provide more standard and flexibility
method but in this case it wouldn't perform as well:
postgres=# select i from (select i, rank() over (order by i desc) as r
from i) as x where r = 2;
i
99
(1 row)
post
Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> Hi,
>
> With builtin aggregates is it possible to return the value just before
> max(col)?
>
> Thanks,
>
Mmmm what about
select max(col) from table where col not in (select max(col) from table;
? Looks like a double table reading, but it works.
Gerardo
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'select max(col) where col < max(col)' should work but you have to do
'where col < (select max(col) '
On 03/04/2010 01:09 PM, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
Hi,
With builtin aggregates is it possible to return the value just before
max(col)?
Thanks,
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Hi,
With builtin aggregates is it possible to return the value just before
max(col)?
Thanks,
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