On 02/26/2014 06:21 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>> On 02/25/2014 12:12 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> I don't agree that jsonb should be preferred in all but a handful of
>>> situations. Nor do I agree that partisanship belongs in our
>>> documentation. Therefore, -1 for your proposal to recommend that, and
>>> +1 for Merlin's proposal to present a comparison which fairly
>>> illustrates the situations in which each will outperform the other.
>>
>> Awaiting doc patch from Merlin, then. It will need to be clear enough
>> that an ordinary user can distinguish which type they want.
>
> Sure.
Please also highlight that any change will require a full table rewrite
with an exclusive lock, so data type choices on larger tables may be
hard to change later.
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