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Doc: clarify behavior of standard aggregates for null inputs.

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Section 4.2.7 says that unless otherwise specified, built-in
aggregates ignore rows in which any input is null.  This is
not true of the JSON aggregates, but it wasn't documented.
Fix that.

Of the other entries in table 9.55, some were explicit about
ignoring nulls, and some weren't; for consistency and
self-contained-ness, make them all say it explicitly.

Per bug #15884 from Tim Möhlmann.  Back-patch to all supported
branches.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/15884-c32d848f787fcae3@postgresql.org
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Tom Lane 2019-08-27 16:37:21 -04:00
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@ -14604,7 +14604,7 @@ NULL baz</literallayout>(3 rows)</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>input arrays concatenated into array of one higher dimension
(inputs must all have same dimensionality,
and cannot be empty or NULL)</entry>
and cannot be empty or null)</entry>
</row>
<row>
@ -14628,7 +14628,7 @@ NULL baz</literallayout>(3 rows)</entry>
otherwise the same as the argument data type
</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>the average (arithmetic mean) of all input values</entry>
<entry>the average (arithmetic mean) of all non-null input values</entry>
</row>
<row>
@ -14756,7 +14756,7 @@ NULL baz</literallayout>(3 rows)</entry>
<type>json</type>
</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>aggregates values as a JSON array</entry>
<entry>aggregates values, including nulls, as a JSON array</entry>
</row>
<row>
@ -14773,7 +14773,7 @@ NULL baz</literallayout>(3 rows)</entry>
<type>jsonb</type>
</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>aggregates values as a JSON array</entry>
<entry>aggregates values, including nulls, as a JSON array</entry>
</row>
<row>
@ -14790,7 +14790,8 @@ NULL baz</literallayout>(3 rows)</entry>
<type>json</type>
</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>aggregates name/value pairs as a JSON object</entry>
<entry>aggregates name/value pairs as a JSON object; values can be
null, but not names</entry>
</row>
<row>
@ -14807,7 +14808,8 @@ NULL baz</literallayout>(3 rows)</entry>
<type>jsonb</type>
</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>aggregates name/value pairs as a JSON object</entry>
<entry>aggregates name/value pairs as a JSON object; values can be
null, but not names</entry>
</row>
<row>
@ -14823,7 +14825,7 @@ NULL baz</literallayout>(3 rows)</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>
maximum value of <replaceable
class="parameter">expression</replaceable> across all input
class="parameter">expression</replaceable> across all non-null input
values
</entry>
</row>
@ -14841,7 +14843,7 @@ NULL baz</literallayout>(3 rows)</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>
minimum value of <replaceable
class="parameter">expression</replaceable> across all input
class="parameter">expression</replaceable> across all non-null input
values
</entry>
</row>
@ -14863,7 +14865,7 @@ NULL baz</literallayout>(3 rows)</entry>
same as argument types
</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>input values concatenated into a string, separated by delimiter</entry>
<entry>non-null input values concatenated into a string, separated by delimiter</entry>
</row>
<row>
@ -14886,7 +14888,8 @@ NULL baz</literallayout>(3 rows)</entry>
argument data type
</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>sum of <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> across all input values</entry>
<entry>sum of <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable>
across all non-null input values</entry>
</row>
<row>
@ -14903,7 +14906,8 @@ NULL baz</literallayout>(3 rows)</entry>
<type>xml</type>
</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>concatenation of XML values (see also <xref linkend="functions-xml-xmlagg"/>)</entry>
<entry>concatenation of non-null XML values
(see also <xref linkend="functions-xml-xmlagg"/>)</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>