On 16.08.23 16:59, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 8:55 AM Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org
> <mailto:peter@eisentraut.org>> wrote:
>
> This warning comes from parse_expr.c transformJsonValueExpr() and is
> triggered for example by the following test case:
>
> SELECT JSON_OBJECT('foo': NULL::json FORMAT JSON);
> WARNING: FORMAT JSON has no effect for json and jsonb types
>
> But I don't see anything in the SQL standard that would require this
> warning. It seems pretty clear that FORMAT JSON in this case is
> implicit and otherwise without effect.
>
> Also, we don't have that warning in the output case (RETURNING json
> FORMAT JSON).
>
> Anyone remember why this is here? Should we remove it?
>
>
> +1 for removing, on the basis that it is not suprising, and would
> pollute logs for most configurations.
done
