Re: BUG #19046: Incorrect result when using json_array() with column reference in subquery combined with RIGHT JOIN - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tender Wang
Subject Re: BUG #19046: Incorrect result when using json_array() with column reference in subquery combined with RIGHT JOIN
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In response to Re: BUG #19046: Incorrect result when using json_array() with column reference in subquery combined with RIGHT JOIN  (Richard Guo <guofenglinux@gmail.com>)
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Richard Guo <guofenglinux@gmail.com> 于2025年9月10日周三 21:29写道:
On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM Tender Wang <tndrwang@gmail.com> wrote:
>> PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> 于2025年9月10日周三 18:22写道:
>>> SELECT sub.c FROM
>>> (SELECT json_array(3, 2, t.c) AS c FROM t) AS sub
>>> RIGHT JOIN t ON FALSE;

> diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
> index 6f0b338d2cd..5ef364b7f7c 100644
> --- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
> +++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
> @@ -1115,6 +1115,8 @@ contain_nonstrict_functions_walker(Node *node, void *context)
>                 return true;
>         if (IsA(node, BooleanTest))
>                 return true;
> +       if (IsA(node, JsonConstructorExpr))
> +               return true;
>
> I added the above codes, then the query returned the correct result.
> I didn't dig more the details. Any thought?

Yeah, JsonConstructorExpr should not be treated as a non-strict
construct.  This fix looks correct to me.

I'm wondering if this is the only case we've overlooked.  How about
other Json-related expressions?

Yeah, I have the same question. I tried my fix on json_object/json_arrayagg/json_objectagg.
These returned the same results.  But I got a different result on 16.6 for json_object, as below:
postgres=# select version();
                                                 version                                                
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 16.6 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04.2) 11.4.0, 64-bit

postgres=# SELECT sub.c FROM
(SELECT json_object(3:2, t.c:1) AS c FROM t) AS sub
RIGHT JOIN t ON FALSE;
ERROR:  null value not allowed for object key
postgres=# SELECT sub.c FROM
(SELECT json_object(3:2, 1:t.c) AS c FROM t) AS sub
RIGHT JOIN t ON FALSE;
           c          
-----------------------
 {"3" : 2, "1" : null}
(1 row)

Shouldn't the result be NULL?

I attached my patch. In my patch, I only cover json_array/json_arrayagg/json_object/json_objectagg.
Other JSON-related functions are not included.

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Thanks,
Tender Wang
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