Did you mean something like...?: postgres=# \! echo "{\"menu\": { \"id\": \"file\" }}" > /opt/pgdata/exampl.json postgres=# select pg_read_file('/opt/pgdata/exampl.json'); pg_read_file ---------------------------- {"menu": { "id": "file" }}+
(1 row) postgres=# select pg_read_file('/opt/bdr/bdr1/exampl.json')::json; pg_read_file ---------------------------- {"menu": { "id": "file" }}+ (1 row) postgres=# create table json_exam as select pg_read_file('/opt/bdr/bdr1/exampl.json')::json as jsonColumn; SELECT 1 postgres=# \d json_exam Table "public.json_exam" Column | Type | Modifiers ------------+------+----------- jsoncolumn | json | 2014-09-05 20:51 GMT-03:00 john.tiger <john.tigernas...@gmail.com>: > we want to store markdown text files into our json fields - can this be > done ? I guess we could have a separate json field and bytea field for the > markdown file but this might be difficult when it comes to our REST > response - anyone do something like this ? > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- -- Emanuel Calvo http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services