Re: JSONB in-place updates? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: JSONB in-place updates?
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Msg-id CAB7nPqRoPuGTM-bM5YY+p=bA94vPF802i=Bz2khvmXQEYCvUuQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: JSONB in-place updates?  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 5:16 AM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
> On 04/14/2014 09:27 AM, kelas wrote:
>> Are there any plans to add "in-place at-depth" update operator for JSONB
>> type, e.g.:
>>
>> UPDATE test SET attrs->'anwser' = 42 where attrs->'answer' = 41
>>
>
> Plans, yes.  But not until 9.5, or maybe as an extension.
A custom function of the type find_and_modify(jsonb_data, key_name,
new_value) combined with the uniqueness of jsonb keys would be a good
workaround for now.
Regards,
-- 
Michael



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