Re: PATCH: Add hstore_to_json()

2010/1/4 David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>:
> On Jan 3, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Hitoshi Harada wrote:
>
>> That sounds good and seems possible, as far as operator returns JSON
>> always. Perhaps every JSON fetching returns JSON even if the result
>> would be a number. You can cast it.
>>
>>   % SELECT ('{"foo":{"bar":["a","b","c"]}}' -> '["foo"][1]')::text;
>>    1
>>   -----
>>    b
>
> No, because 'b' isn't valid JSON. So if we want an interface that returns scalars, they can't be JSON.

AFAIK string value can be parsed as JSON. At least my local v8 shell answers:

> JSON.stringify({"foo": {"bar": ["a", "b", "c"]}})
{"foo":{"bar":["a","b","c"]}}

> JSON.stringify("b")
"b"


Regards,

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Hitoshi Harada