At 9:23 +0000 3/12/03, Henry Deane wrote:
>CALCULATING THE MEDIAN
>
>Is there a function in MySQL for calculating the median.
>
>I have been through Paul DuBois' "MySQL" manual (as always a great read) but
>can not find a reference for this standard calculation.
I do cover it a bit in MySQL Cookbook, though primarily in terms of
selecting the required information and processing it in a script.
There is no SQL function for determining the value.
>
>I have had a thought that the term 'median' could be a word peculiar to
>Britain if this is the case what should I be referencing?
>
>In anticipation,
>Henry Deane
>McKinnon Communications Ltd
>United Kingdom
