Re: recently added jsonpath method change jsonb_path_query, jsonb_path_query_first immutability

On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 1:27 PM Jeevan Chalke
<jeevan.chalke@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 9:13 PM jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 7:36 PM Jeevan Chalke
>> <jeevan.chalke@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>> > Added checkTimezoneIsUsedForCast() check where ever we are casting timezoned to non-timezoned types and
vice-versa.
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>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/functions-json.html
>> above Table 9.51. jsonpath Filter Expression Elements, the Note
>> section, do we also need to rephrase it?
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> OK. Added a line for the same.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 6788ba8..37ae2d1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -18240,7 +18240,11 @@ ERROR:  jsonpath member accessor can only be
applied to an object
       <type>timestamptz</type>, and <type>time</type> to <type>timetz</type>.
       However, all but the first of these conversions depend on the current
       <xref linkend="guc-timezone"/> setting, and thus can only be performed
-      within timezone-aware <type>jsonpath</type> functions.
+      within timezone-aware <type>jsonpath</type> functions.  Similarly, other
+      date/time-related methods that convert string to the date/time types
+      also do the casting and may involve the current
+      <xref linkend="guc-timezone"/>.  To preserve the immutability, those can
+      only be performed within timezone-aware <type>jsonpath</type> functions.
      </para>
     </note>

my proposed minor changes:
-      within timezone-aware <type>jsonpath</type> functions.
+      within timezone-aware <type>jsonpath</type> functions. Similarly, other
+      date/time-related methods that convert string to the date/time types
+      also do the casting and may involve the current
+      <xref linkend="guc-timezone"/> setting. Those conversions can
+      only be performed within timezone-aware <type>jsonpath</type> functions.
I don't have a strong opinion, though.