## Ariadne Conill (aria...@dereferenced.org): > Why don't we fix the database engine to not eat data when the > jsonb_set() operation fails?
It didn't fail, it worked like SQL (you've been doing SQL for too long when you get used to the NULL propagation, but that's still what SQL does - check "+" for example). And changing a function will cause fun for everyone who relies on the current behaviour - so at least it shouldn't be done on a whim (some might argue that a whim was what got us into this situation in the first place). Continuing along that thought, I'd even argue that your are writing code which relies on properties of the data which you never guaranteed. There is a use case for data types and constraints. Not that I'm arguing for maximum surprise in programming, but I'm a little puzzled when people eschew thew built-in tools and start implmenting them again side-to-side with what's already there. Regards, Christoph -- Spare Space
