According to the docs, APPROXIMATE_MEDIAN and APPROXIMATE_PERCENTILE were added in Vertica 8.1. However, in Vertica 9.3, this yields the errorERROR 3457: Function APPROXIMATE_MEDIAN(int) does not exist, or permission is denied for APPROXIMATE_MEDIAN(int)
It fails for integers and floats, both as a regular db user as well as when signed in as dbadmin. Does this method need to be compiled or added before it can be used?