PostgreSQL - summing arrays by index I have an array of doubles column (double precision[]) in PostgreSQL that keeps half hour values for a day. So each array holds 48 values. I need an efficient query that is summing all this array columns by index and produces a new 48 array index as explained below

A = double[48] = {3,2,0,3....1}
B = double[48] = {1,0,3,2....5}

RESULT = double[48] = {A[0] + B[0], A[1] + B[1],...,A[47] + B[47]}


Thank you!
I would use unnest together with array_agg, like this:
SQL Fiddle

PostgreSQL 9.3.1 Schema Setup:

create table t (
A double precision[5],
B double precision[5]);

insert into t values
('{3,2,0,3,1}', '{1,0,3,2,5}');


Query 1:

with c as(
select unnest(a) a, unnest(b) b from t)
select array_agg(a) a, array_agg(b) b, array_agg(a + b) c from c


Results:

|         A |         B |         C |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 3,2,0,3,1 | 1,0,3,2,5 | 4,2,3,5,6 |


As commented below, the query above will work well for the arrays of the same size. Otherwise it may produce an unexpected result.

If you need to support the arrays of different size, use this query:

with a as(
  select unnest(a) a from t),
b as(
  select unnest(b) b from t),
ar as(
  select a, row_number() over() r from a),
br as(
  select b, row_number() over() r from b),
c as(
  select ar.a, br.b from ar inner join br on ar.r = br.r)
select array_agg(a) a, array_agg(b) b, array_agg(a + b) c from c;