Aggregate Functions

Function

Return Type

Description

avg(expression)

numeric for any integer type argument, double precision for a floating-point argument, otherwise the same as the argument data type

the average (arithmetic mean) of all input values

bit_and(expression)

same as argument data type

the bitwise AND of all non-null input values, or null if none

bit_or(expression)

same as argument data type

the bitwise OR of all non-null input values, or null if none

bool_and(expression)

bool

true if all input values are true, otherwise false

bool_or(expression)

bool

true if at least one input value is true, otherwise false

count(*)

bigint

number of input rows

count(expression)

bigint

number of input rows for which the value ofexpression is not null

every(expression)

bool

equivalent to bool_and

max(expression)

same as argument type

maximum value of expression across all input values

min(expression)

same as argument type

minimum value of expression across all input values

sum(expression)

bigint for smallint or int arguments,

numeric for bigint arguments, double precision for floating-point arguments, otherwise the same as the argument data type

sum of expression across all input values