Hi
2016-01-24 11:47 GMT+01:00 <xtracoder@gmail.com>:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 13884
> Logged by: xtracoder
> Email address: xtracoder@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.5.0
> Operating system: Windows
> Description:
>
> When postgres array has no elements at the beginning, array_to_json()
> generates json array starting at the first initialized value
>
> Steps to reproduce
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> DO $$
> DECLARE
> arr real[];
> jsarr jsonb;
> arr2 real[];
> BEGIN
> arr[3] = 1.1;
> arr[4] = 1.1;
> raise notice 'arr = %', arr;
>
> jsarr = array_to_json(arr);
> raise notice 'arr = %', jsarr;
>
> arr[0] = 1.1;
> raise notice 'arr = %', arr;
>
> jsarr = array_to_json(arr);
> raise notice 'arr = %', jsarr;
> END $$
>
> Actual result
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> 1. NOTICE: arr = [3:4]={1.1,1.1}
> 2. NOTICE: arr = [1.1, 1.1]
> 3. NOTICE: arr = [0:4]={1.1,NULL,NULL,1.1,1.1}
> 4. NOTICE: arr = [1.1, null, null, 1.1, 1.1]
>
>
> Expected result
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> 2. NOTICE: arr = [null, null, null, 1.1, 1.1]
>
>
It doesn't looks like bug - It hard to say, when is a start of PostgreSQL
array and how PostgreSQL arrays should be serialized to JSON. First field
in pg array is a first field in JSON array.
Pavel
>
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