On 15/02/2020 04:07, Bryn Llewellyn wrote:
> This:
>
> select jsonb_pretty(jsonb_build_object(
> 'a'::varchar, 1.7::numeric,
> 'b'::varchar, 'dog'::varchar,
> 'c'::varchar, true::boolean
> ))
>
> allows me to express what I want. That’s a good thing. Are you saying that
> this:
>
> select jsonb_pretty(jsonb_object(
> '{a, 17, b, "dog", c, true}'::varchar[]
> ))
>
> simply lacks that power of expression and that every item in the array is
> assumed to be intended to end up as a JSON text primitive value? In other
> words, do the double quotes around "dog" have no effect?
That is correct.
> That would be a bad thing—and it would limit the usefulness of the
> jsonb_object() function.
Use the long form if you need to mix datatypes.
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Vik Fearing
