RE: Geometric mean

Peter,

   I am a mere shadow of what I used to be in mathematics, but wouldn't

    POWER(10,AVG(LOG(10,<column>)))

do it?

SF

>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: "Robson, Peter" <pgro_at_bgs.ac.uk>
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
><ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Sent: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:49:24
>
>
>Has anyone any code (SQL, PL/SQL) that will permit
>the calculation of the
>geometric mean of 'n' values?
>
>appreciated...
>
>peter
>edinburgh
>
>
>ps - yes I know Perl will do it, but that is not
>the answer...
>
>

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