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SQL Aggregates

 Users often need to summarize database information. Instead of seeing all rows, they want just a count or total. This type of operation is called aggregation or gathering together. This chapter focuses on POSTGRESQL's ability to generate summarized database information using aggregates.


 


Bruce Momjian
2001-05-09