Convert JSON value back to postgres representation

From: Phillip Diffley <phillip6402(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Convert JSON value back to postgres representation
Date: 2025-06-19 21:05:35
Message-ID: CAGAwPgSCTk=HWKtrzf4L+DOdCFDNOZY0Np9go0nsT6wqe6jd=w@mail.gmail.com
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Postgres has a to_jsonb function that will convert a value into its jsonb
representation. I am now trying to turn a json value back into its postgres
type. I was hoping there would be something like a from_jsonb function
that, along with a type hint, could be used as an inverse of to_jsonb, like

from_jsonb(to_jsonb('{1,2,3}'::int[]) as int[]

but I do not see a function like this. I was able to convert a json value
back to its postgres representation using the jsonb_to_record function, as
used in the WHERE expression below, but I feel like there might be a better
way to do this.

CREATE TABLE mytable (id int, col1 int[]);
INSERT INTO mytable VALUES (1, '{1, 2, 3}'), (2, '{3, 4, 5}');
SELECT * from mytable WHERE col1 = (select col1 from
json_to_record('{"col1": [1, 2, 3]}'::JSON) as x(col1 int[]));

Is there a preferred method for turning a JSON value back to its postgres
representation?

Thank you,
Phillip

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