Re: jsonb_set array append hack?

On 09/21/2015 12:13 PM, Dmitry Dolgov wrote:
> > I would expect some kind of error.  We're trying to address a 
> position in an array, and we're instead passing a key.  If it 
> completes successfully, the chances are it isn't what the user intended.
>
> Thanks for the explanation. So, basically, it should be like this, am 
> I right?
>
> postgres=# SELECT jsonb_set(
>     '{"name": "Joe", "vehicle_types": ["car", "van"]}'::jsonb,
>     '{vehicle_types, nonsense}',
>     '"motorcycle"', true);
> ERROR:  path element at the position 2 is not an integer


That seems reasonable. For that matter, we should probably disallow NULL 
path elements also, shouldn't we?

cheers

andrew