Re: additional json functionality - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: additional json functionality
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Msg-id 528CF4CD.9080304@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: additional json functionality  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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On 11/20/2013 04:52 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> I confess to being a bit perplexed by why we want hstore and json to
> share a common binary format.  hstore doesn't store hierarchical data;
> json does.  If we design a binary format for json, doesn't that just
> obsolete store?  Why go to a lot of trouble to extend our home-grown
> format if we've got a standard format to plug into?

See hstore2 patch from Teodor.  That's what we're talking about, not
hstore1, which as you point out is non-heirarchical.

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
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