#30476: Add detection for PostgreSQL json field, aside from the already existing
detection for jsonb field, using inspectdb
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               Reporter:  Héctor     |          Owner:  (none)
  Pablos                             |
                   Type:  New        |         Status:  new
  feature                            |
              Component:             |        Version:  2.2
  contrib.postgres                   |       Keywords:  inspectdb,
               Severity:  Normal     |  JSONField, json, jsonb
           Triage Stage:             |      Has patch:  0
  Unreviewed                         |
    Needs documentation:  0          |    Needs tests:  0
Patch needs improvement:  0          |  Easy pickings:  0
                  UI/UX:  0          |
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 Right now, the {{{inspectdb}}} command, when the
 {{{django.contrib.postgres}}} app is added to {{{INSTALLED_APPS}}} in the
 settings, is able to detect {{{jsonb}}} fields and generate a model with
 the right {{{django.contrib.postgres.fields.JSONField}}}, but that's not
 the case for simple {{json}} fields.

 
[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#django.contrib.postgres.fields.JSONField
 The documentation] states that the {{{JSONField}}} uses internally a
 PostgreSQL {{{jsonb}}} field, but I wonder if normal {{{json}}} fields
 could also be detected as a {{{JSONField}}}, as they can perfectly work
 for unmanaged models.


 I'm happy to do a patch for this if it's considered necessary, adding an
 additional key to the ones provided by the {{{contrib.postgres}}} module
 inside the
 [https://github.com/django/django/blob/2.2/django/contrib/postgres/apps.py#L49
 data_types_reverse dict] with the following information:

 {{{
 114:  'django.contrib.postgres.fields.JSONField',
 }}}

 And the documentation and tests considered being necessary.

 The id 114 is the OID of the {{{json}}} data type in PostgreSQL, at least
 in its 11.1 version. You can check this by executing the following query:

 {{{#!sql
 SELECT oid, typname
 FROM pg_catalog.pg_type
 WHERE typname='json';
 }}}

 Also happy to check other database versions if needed.

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