Re: Feature Request: JSON input for hstore - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Feature Request: JSON input for hstore
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Msg-id 4AAEC9F8.5060302@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: Feature Request: JSON input for hstore  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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David Fetter wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 03:14:57PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>   
>> Hackers,
>>
>> I've just had a feature request from a client that we come up with a
>> way to enable JSON input into hstore.  This would make hstore much
>> more useful for software developers.
>>
>> First question: would this go in the language driver, libpq, or the
>> backend?  Thoughts?
>>     
>
> The backend, ideally in some pluggable way.  XML, under proper
> circumstances, should work, as should YAML, etc.
>
>
>   

The way the standard specifies SQL/XML requires grammar support. That 
means it can't really be pluggable. We've been over this before.

chjeers

andrew


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