Simple way to calculate median with MySQL

Question

What\'s the simplest (and hopefully not too slow) way to calculate the median with MySQL? I\'ve used AVG(x) for finding the mean, but I\'m having a hard time fi

Answer 1

Install and use this mysql statistical functions: http://www.xarg.org/2012/07/statistical-functions-in-mysql/

After that, calculate median is easy:

SELECT median(val) FROM data;