PostgreSQL equivalent of Oracle's PERCENTILE_CONT function

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清酒与你 2021-02-06 03:15

Has anyone found a PostgreSQL equivalent of Oracle\'s PERCENTILE_CONT function? I searched, and could not find one, so I wrote my own.

Here is the solution that I hope

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  • 2021-02-06 03:50

    After more searching I found a page that listed the pseudo-code for how Oracle implements this function at :

    http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/functions110.htm

    I determined to write my own function within PG to mimic Oracle's feature.

    I found an array sorting technique by David Fetter at ::

    http://postgres.cz/wiki/PostgreSQL_SQL_Tricks#General_array_sort

    and

    Sorting array elements

    Here (for clarity) is David's code:

    CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION array_sort (ANYARRAY)
    RETURNS ANYARRAY LANGUAGE SQL
    AS $$
    SELECT ARRAY(
        SELECT $1[s.i] AS "foo"
        FROM
            generate_series(array_lower($1,1), array_upper($1,1)) AS s(i)
        ORDER BY foo
    );
    $$;
    

    So here is the function I wrote :

    CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION percentile_cont(myarray real[], percentile real)
    RETURNS real AS
    $$
    
    DECLARE
      ary_cnt INTEGER;
      row_num real;
      crn real;
      frn real;
      calc_result real;
      new_array real[];
    BEGIN
      ary_cnt = array_length(myarray,1);
      row_num = 1 + ( percentile * ( ary_cnt - 1 ));
      new_array = array_sort(myarray);
    
      crn = ceiling(row_num);
      frn = floor(row_num);
    
      if crn = frn and frn = row_num then
        calc_result = new_array[row_num];
      else
        calc_result = (crn - row_num) * new_array[frn] 
                + (row_num - frn) * new_array[crn];
      end if;
    
      RETURN calc_result;
    END;
    $$
      LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' IMMUTABLE;
    

    Here are the results of some comparison testing:

    CREATE TABLE testdata
    (
      intcolumn bigint,
      fltcolumn real
    );
    

    Here is the test data :

    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (5, 5.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (195, 195.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (1095, 1095.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (5995, 5995.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (15, 15.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (25, 25.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (495, 495.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (35, 35.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (695, 695.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (595, 595.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (35, 35.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (30195, 30195.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (165, 165.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (65, 65.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (955, 955.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (135, 135.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (19195, 19195.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (145, 145.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (85, 85.1345);
    insert into testdata(intcolumn, fltcolumn)  values  (455, 455.1345);
    

    Here are the comparison results :

    ORACLE RESULTS
    ORACLE RESULTS
    
    select  percentile_cont(.25) within group (order by fltcolumn asc) myresult
    from testdata;
    select  percentile_cont(.75) within group (order by fltcolumn asc) myresult
    from testdata;
    
    myresult
    - - - - - - - -
    57.6345                
    
    myresult
    - - - - - - - -
    760.1345               
    
    POSTGRESQL RESULTS
    POSTGRESQL RESULTS
    
    select percentile_cont(array_agg(fltcolumn), 0.25) as myresult
    from testdata;
    
    select percentile_cont(array_agg(fltcolumn), 0.75) as myresult
    from testdata;
    
    myresult
    real
    57.6345
    
    myresult
    real
    760.135
    

    I hope this helps someone out by not having to reinvent the wheel.

    Enjoy! Ray Harris

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  • 2021-02-06 04:05

    With PostgreSQL 9.4 there is native support for percentiles now, implemented in Ordered-Set Aggregate Functions:

    percentile_cont(fraction) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY sort_expression) 
    

    continuous percentile: returns a value corresponding to the specified fraction in the ordering, interpolating between adjacent input items if needed

    percentile_cont(fractions) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY sort_expression)
    

    multiple continuous percentile: returns an array of results matching the shape of the fractions parameter, with each non-null element replaced by the value corresponding to that percentile

    See the documentation for more details: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-aggregate.html

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