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.TH Summarize
.PP
Aggregate and compute
.SH Signature
.PP
.RS
.nf
summarize(operand: Relation, by: AttrList, aggs: Summarization) -> Relation
.fi
.RE
.SH Examples
.PP
.RS
.nf
summarize(supplies, [:sid], total: sum(:qty))
.fi
.RE
.PP
.RS
.nf
summarize(supplies, [:sid], total: sum{|t| t.qty * 2 })
.fi
.RE
.PP
.RS
.nf
summarize(supplies, [:pid, :qty], {total: sum{|t| t.qty * 2 }}, allbut: true)
.fi
.RE
.SH Description
.PP
Computes the relation obtained by taking the projection of \fB\fCoperand\fR
on \fB\fCby\fR attributes then extending each tuple \fB\fCt\fR with the result of
aggregations defined by \fB\fCaggs\fR on the tuples from \fB\fCoperand\fR matching \fB\fCt\fR\&.
.PP
In SQL terms, \fB\fCSELECT [by], [agg] FROM operand GROUP BY [by]\fR\&.
.SH Implementation notes
.PP
As of current Alf version, this operator cannot be translated to SQL code.
That means that all computations are done in ruby, which may seriously
hurt performance.
.PP
Similarly, as \fB\fCsummarize\fR tends to be a showstopper during compilation, it
is strongly recommanded to use it as high as possible in query expressions
trees so as to delegate the largest possible query parts to data engines.

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alf-shell-0.15.0	doc/man/summarize.man