Functions / Aggregate Functions

mode

Computes the mode, the most frequent value of the aggregated argument (arbitrarily choosing the first one if there are multiple equally-frequent values).

Reading PG 18current·documented in 14 of 27 versions, 9.4 to 20

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Signatures & examples

mode () WITHIN GROUP ( ORDER BY anyelement ) → anyelement

Computes the mode, the most frequent value of the aggregated argument (arbitrarily choosing the first one if there are multiple equally-frequent values). The aggregated argument must be of a sortable type.

Version history 2

12 → 13 changed
9.3 → 9.4 added

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