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Doc: clarify behavior of standard aggregates for null inputs.
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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<entry>No</entry>
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<entry>input arrays concatenated into array of one higher dimension
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(inputs must all have same dimensionality,
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and cannot be empty or NULL)</entry>
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and cannot be empty or null)</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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otherwise the same as the argument data type
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</entry>
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<entry>Yes</entry>
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<entry>the average (arithmetic mean) of all input values</entry>
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<entry>the average (arithmetic mean) of all non-null input values</entry>
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</row>
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<type>json</type>
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</entry>
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<entry>No</entry>
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<entry>aggregates values as a JSON array</entry>
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<entry>aggregates values, including nulls, as a JSON array</entry>
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</row>
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<type>jsonb</type>
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</entry>
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<entry>No</entry>
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<entry>aggregates values as a JSON array</entry>
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<entry>aggregates values, including nulls, as a JSON array</entry>
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</row>
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<type>json</type>
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</entry>
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<entry>No</entry>
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<entry>aggregates name/value pairs as a JSON object</entry>
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<entry>aggregates name/value pairs as a JSON object; values can be
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null, but not names</entry>
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<type>jsonb</type>
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</entry>
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<entry>No</entry>
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<entry>aggregates name/value pairs as a JSON object</entry>
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<entry>aggregates name/value pairs as a JSON object; values can be
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null, but not names</entry>
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</row>
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<entry>Yes</entry>
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<entry>
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maximum value of <replaceable
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class="parameter">expression</replaceable> across all input
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class="parameter">expression</replaceable> across all non-null input
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values
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</entry>
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</row>
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<entry>Yes</entry>
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<entry>
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minimum value of <replaceable
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class="parameter">expression</replaceable> across all input
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class="parameter">expression</replaceable> across all non-null input
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values
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</entry>
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same as argument types
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<entry>No</entry>
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<entry>input values concatenated into a string, separated by delimiter</entry>
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<entry>non-null input values concatenated into a string, separated by delimiter</entry>
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argument data type
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</entry>
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<entry>Yes</entry>
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<entry>sum of <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> across all input values</entry>
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<entry>sum of <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable>
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across all non-null input values</entry>
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<type>xml</type>
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</entry>
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<entry>No</entry>
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<entry>concatenation of XML values (see also <xref linkend="functions-xml-xmlagg">)</entry>
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<entry>concatenation of non-null XML values
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(see also <xref linkend="functions-xml-xmlagg">)</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>

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