> I would expect some kind of error. We're trying to address a position in an array, and we're instead passing a key. If it completes successfully, the chances are it isn't what the user intended.
Thanks for the explanation. So, basically, it should be like this, am I right?
postgres=# SELECT jsonb_set( '{"name": "Joe", "vehicle_types": ["car", "van"]}'::jsonb, '{vehicle_types, nonsense}', '"motorcycle"', true); ERROR: path element at the position 2 is not an integer
That seems reasonable. For that matter, we should probably disallow NULL path elements also, shouldn't we?
I'd say yes. If someone really wants to name a field "null", they'll just have to quote it in the path. (e.g. '{contact,"null"}')
