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| Subject: | BUG #19721: json_value with DEFAULT ON ERROR returns inconsistent results for NULL input in materialized CTE |
| Date: | 2026-09-26 06:26:06 |
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The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 19721
Logged by: N J
Email address: 1482694023(at)qq(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 18.6
Operating system: windows 11
Description:
Environment:
PostgreSQL: 18.6
OS: Windows 11 64-bit
Reproduction SQL:
CREATE TEMP TABLE json_requests (
request_id integer PRIMARY KEY,
expected integer
);
CREATE TEMP TABLE json_payloads (
request_id integer PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES json_requests(request_id),
document jsonb NOT NULL
);
INSERT INTO json_requests VALUES
(1, 0), (2, NULL), (3, 7), (4, NULL);
INSERT INTO json_payloads VALUES
(1, '{}'::jsonb),
(3, '{"a":7}'::jsonb);
WITH ordered_inputs AS MATERIALIZED (
SELECT r.request_id, r.expected, p.document
FROM json_requests AS r
LEFT JOIN json_payloads AS p USING (request_id)
ORDER BY r.request_id
),
evaluated AS MATERIALIZED (
SELECT request_id, expected,
json_value(
document,
'strict $.a'
RETURNING integer
DEFAULT 0 ON ERROR
) AS actual
FROM ordered_inputs
)
SELECT request_id, expected, actual,
actual IS DISTINCT FROM expected AS differs
FROM evaluated
ORDER BY request_id;
Observed result:
request_id | expected | actual | differs
------------+----------+--------+---------
1 | 0 | 0 | f
2 | null | 0 | t
3 | 7 | 7 | f
4 | null | null| f
Expected result:
Rows 2 and 4 both have NULL document from the LEFT JOIN.
The identical json_value expression should return the same result for both
NULL inputs.
Either both should return 0 (DEFAULT value) or both should return NULL.
The current behavior is inconsistent.
Explanation:
The inconsistency occurs when using MATERIALIZED CTEs with json_value and
DEFAULT ON ERROR clause.
Same NULL input produces different output values in different rows, which is
an execution consistency bug.
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