Re: Re: SQL/JSON: functions

Hi!

On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 3:54 AM Andrew Alsup <bluesbreaker(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> array slicing [0:], [:1], and [0:1] do not work:$.c1.c2[0:].b3
>
> # select json_path_query('{"a1": 123, "b1": "xxx", "c1": {"a2": 456,
> "b2": "yyy", "c2": [{"a3": 777, "b3": "7z"},{"a3": 888, "b3":
> "8z"}]}}'::json, '$.c1.c2[0:].b3'::jsonpath);
> 2019-05-13 20:47:48.740 EDT [21856] ERROR: bad jsonpath representation
> at character 147
> 2019-05-13 20:47:48.740 EDT [21856] DETAIL: syntax error, unexpected
> ':', expecting ',' or ']' at or near ":"
> 2019-05-13 20:47:48.740 EDT [21856] STATEMENT: select
> json_path_query('{"a1": 123, "b1": "xxx", "c1": {"a2": 456, "b2": "yyy",
> "c2": [{"a3": 777, "b3": "7z"},{"a3": 888, "b3": "8z"}]}}'::json,
> '$.c1.c2[0:].b3'::jsonpath);
> ERROR: bad jsonpath representation
> LINE 1: ...7, "b3": "7z"},{"a3": 888, "b3": "8z"}]}}'::json, '$.c1.c2[0...
> ^
> DETAIL: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting ',' or ']' at or near ":"

There is no color syntax from array slicing in jsonpath. Instead of
"[0:]" one should write "[0 to last]". See documentation
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/datatype-json.html#TYPE-JSONPATH-ACCESSORS

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