Re: row_to_json bug with index only scans: empty keys!

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Ross Reedstrom <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: row_to_json bug with index only scans: empty keys!
Date: 2014-11-10 15:19:28
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZhtpaGRW3c+M2Y0V3haC6wrK4SA-mLRSjr5-Yom1scqA@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> I wrote:
>> Attached are patches meant for HEAD and 9.2-9.4 respectively.
>
> BTW, has anyone got an opinion about whether to stick the full fix into
> 9.4? The argument for, of course, is that we'd get the full fix out to
> the public a year sooner. The argument against is that someone might
> have already done compatibility testing of their application against
> 9.4 betas, and then get blindsided if we change this before release.
>
> I'm inclined to think that since we expect json/jsonb usage to really
> take off with 9.4, it might be better if we get row_to_json behaving
> unsurprisingly now. But I'm not dead set on it.

I think we should put the full fix in 9.4.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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