Re: GSoC 2015: Extra Jsonb functionality

From: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
To: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>, Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: GSoC 2015: Extra Jsonb functionality
Date: 2015-03-20 23:51:51
Message-ID: 550CB297.3070102@BlueTreble.com
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On 3/19/15 9:07 AM, Thom Brown wrote:
>> > jsonb_to_array
>> > ------------------------------
>> > {a, 1, b, c, 2, d, 3, 4}
> Is there a use-case for the example you've given above, where you take
> JSON containing objects and arrays, and flatten them out into a
> one-dimensional array?

There are a lot of things proposed here that are completely ignoring the
idea of nested elements, which I think is a big mistake.

Frankly, I think the whole proposal needs to be rethought with an eye
towards supporting and preserving nested elements instead of trying to
just flatten everything out. If a user wanted things flat they would
have just started with that in the first place.
--
Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting
Data in Trouble? Get it in Treble! http://BlueTreble.com

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