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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/functions-json.html
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It is not clear what the parameter `base` means
I agree there is room for improvement here. The referenced note does’t use the term “base” which making finding the correct note among the various possibilities more difficult. The example seems sufficiently illustrative though. Those functions convert json to SQL composite types. You need to pass in which composite type to convert to. That is the “base” type. One normally does this by casting SQL null to the desired composite type; usually one associated with an existing table.
David J.
