sum() on int2 and int4 columns now uses an int8, not numeric, accumulator

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Commit: 5f7c2bdb537bd18fd7f1cc942950e7e64c6e0a92
Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2001-08-14T22:21:59Z
Releases: 7.2.1
sum() on int2 and int4 columns now uses an int8, not numeric, accumulator
for speed reasons; its result type also changes to int8.  avg() on these
datatypes now accumulates the running sum in int8 for speed; but we still
deliver the final result as numeric, so that fractional accuracy is
preserved.

count() now counts and returns in int8, not int4.  I am a little nervous
about this possibly breaking users' code, but there didn't seem to be
a strong sentiment for avoiding the problem.  If we get complaints during
beta, we can change count back to int4 and add a "count8" aggregate.
For that matter, users can do it for themselves with a simple CREATE
AGGREGATE command; the int4inc function is still present, so no C hacking
is needed.

Also added max() and min() aggregates for OID that do proper unsigned
comparison, instead of piggybacking on int4 aggregates.

initdb forced.

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