On 18/11/13 09:02, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2013, at 2:04 PM, Hannu Krosing <hannu@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
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>>> It’s still input and output as JSON, though.
>> Yes, because JavaScript Object Notation *is* a serialization format
>> (aka Notation) for converting JavaScript Objects to text format
>> and back :)
>>> I still like JSONB best.
>> To me it feels redundant, like binarytextbinary
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>> the binary representation of JSON is JavaScript(-like) Object, not
>> "binary json"
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>> So my vote would be either jsobj or jsdoc (as "document databases") tend
>> to call the structured types "documents"
> You know that both types support scalar values right? 'a'::JSON works now, and 'a'::hstore works with the WIP patch.
Forthat reason I would not think that "doc" or "obj" would be good choices.
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> I like JSONB because:
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> 1. The "B" means "binary"
> 2. The "B" means "second"
> 3. It's short
> 4. See also BYTEA.
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> Best,
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> David
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Whatever, I think the first 4 characters have to 'JSON' - for easy
identification.
Cheers,
Gavin