Re: jsonb_set array append hack?

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: jsonb_set array append hack?
Date: 2015-09-21 21:21:57
Message-ID: 560074F5.6060705@dunslane.net
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On 09/21/2015 12:13 PM, Dmitry Dolgov wrote:
> > I would expect some kind of error. We're trying to address a
> position in an array, and we're instead passing a key. If it
> completes successfully, the chances are it isn't what the user intended.
>
> Thanks for the explanation. So, basically, it should be like this, am
> I right?
>
> postgres=# SELECT jsonb_set(
> '{"name": "Joe", "vehicle_types": ["car", "van"]}'::jsonb,
> '{vehicle_types, nonsense}',
> '"motorcycle"', true);
> ERROR: path element at the position 2 is not an integer

That seems reasonable. For that matter, we should probably disallow NULL
path elements also, shouldn't we?

cheers

andrew

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