On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Nikita Glukhov <n.gluhov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
> It also fixes the following errors/inconsistencies caused by lost quoting of
> string json values:
>
> [master]=# select * from json_to_record('{"js": "a"}') as rec(js json);
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json
> DETAIL: Token "a" is invalid.
> CONTEXT: JSON data, line 1: a
The docs mention that this is based on a best effort now. It may be
interesting to improve that.
> [master]=# select * from json_to_record('{"js": "true"}') as rec(js json);
> js
> ------
> true
>
> [patched]=# select * from json_to_record('{"js": "a"}') as rec(js json);
> js
> -----
> "a"
That's indeed valid JSON.
> [patched]=# select * from json_to_record('{"js": "true"}') as rec(js json);
> js
> --------
> "true"
And so is that.
> The second patch adds assignment of correct ndims to array fields of RECORD
> function result types.
> Without this patch, attndims in tuple descriptors of RECORD types is always
> 0 and the corresponding assertion fails in the next test:
>
> [patched]=# select json_to_record('{"a": [1, 2, 3]}') as rec(a int[]);
>
>
> Should I submit these patches to commitfest?
It seems to me that it would be a good idea to add them.
--
Michael