Re: additional json functionality

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "ktm(at)rice(dot)edu" <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>
Subject: Re: additional json functionality
Date: 2013-11-15 22:16:36
Message-ID: BE0F10AF-F691-4F3E-B364-573E14417E74@justatheory.com
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On Nov 15, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:

> Yeah, it would be a total foot gun here I think.
>
> I've come to the conclusion that the only possible solution is to have a separate type. That's a bit sad, but there it is. The upside is that this will make the work Teodor has mentioned simpler. (Desperately making lemonade from lemons here.)

Fine. My bikeshedding: Call the new type "jsonb". “B” for “binary.” Also, the old one is implicitly "jsona". Get it?

David

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