Re: JSON Path and GIN Questions

On Sep 12, 2023, at 21:00, Erik Wienhold <ewie(at)ewie(dot)name> wrote:

>> If so, I’d like to submit a patch to the docs talking about this, and
>> suggesting the use of jsonb_path_query() to test paths to see if they return
>> a boolean or not.
>
> +1

I’ve started work on this; there’s so much to learn! Here’s a new example that surprised me a bit. Using the GPS tracker example from the docs [1] loaded into a `:json` psql variable, this output of this query makes perfect sense to me:

david=# select jsonb_path_query(:'json', '$.track.segments.location[*] ? (@ < 14)');
jsonb_path_query
------------------
13.4034
13.2635

Because `[*]` selects all the values. This, however, I did not expect:

david=# select jsonb_path_query(:'json', '$.track.segments.location ? (@[*] < 14)');
jsonb_path_query
------------------
13.4034
13.2635
(2 rows)

I had expected it to return two single-value arrays, instead:

[13.4034]
[13.2635]

It appears that the filter expression is doing some sub-selection, too. Is that expected?

Best,

David

[1]: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-json.html#FUNCTIONS-SQLJSON-PATH