The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 15999
Logged by: Richard
Email address: easteregg@verfriemelt.org
PostgreSQL version: 9.6.15
Operating system: Debian / Windows
Description:
given the following simplified table with one row inserted:
> create table testa ( id serial, test text[] default
'{"test","test2"}'::text[] );
> insert into testa values (default);
when we try to populate a record of testa type we run into trouble with
postgres in version 9.6.15
> select jsonb_populate_record(null::testa , to_jsonb(testa)) FROM testa;
ERROR: 22P02: malformed array literal: "["test", "test2"]"
DETAIL: "[" must introduce explicitly-specified array dimensions.
LOCATION: array_in, arrayfuncs.c:269
with postgres 10 and higher we get the expected result:
> select jsonb_populate_record(null::testa , to_jsonb(testa)) FROM testa;
jsonb_populate_record
═════════════════════
(1,"{test,test2}")
(1 row)
whe the array column is null, and therefor no contained array in the jsonb
representation, everything works fine under 9.6.15
> update testa set test = null;
> select jsonb_populate_record(null::testa , to_jsonb(testa)) FROM testa;
jsonb_populate_record
═════════════════════
(1,)
(1 row)
