[jira] [Created] (CASSANDRA-10310) avg() on int give incorrect results (returning int instead of decimal or float)

["Jon Haddad (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Jon Haddad created CASSANDRA-10310:
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             Summary: avg() on int give incorrect results (returning int instead of decimal or float)
                 Key: CASSANDRA-10310
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-10310
             Project: Cassandra
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Jon Haddad


When selecting an avg() of int values, the type of the avg value returned is an int as well, meaning it's rounded off to an incorrect answer.  This is both incorrect and inconsistent with other databases.

Example:
{quote}
cqlsh:test> select * from monkey where id = 1;

 id | i | v
----+---+---
  1 | 1 | 1
  1 | 2 | 1
  1 | 3 | 2

(3 rows)
cqlsh:test> select avg(v) from monkey where id = 1;

 system.avg(v)
---------------
             1

(1 rows)
{quote}

I tried avg() with MySQL, here's the result:

{quote}
mysql> create table blah ( id int primary key, v int );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.15 sec)

mysql> insert into blah set id = 1, v = 1;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)

mysql> insert into blah set id = 1, v = 1;
ERROR 1062 (23000): Duplicate entry '1' for key 'PRIMARY'
mysql> insert into blah set id = 2, v = 1;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> insert into blah set id = 3, v = 2;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> select avg(v) from blah;
+--------+
| avg(v) |
+--------+
| 1.3333 |
+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
{quote}


I created a new table using the above query. The result:

{quote}
mysql> create table foo as select avg(v) as a from blah;
Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.04 sec)
Records: 1  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 1

mysql> desc foo;
+-------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type          | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| a     | decimal(14,4) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+-------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)
{quote}

It works the same way in postgres, and to my knowledge, every RDBMs.

Broken in 2.2, 3.0.



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