Re: jsonb_array_elements_recursive() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Zhihong Yu
Subject Re: jsonb_array_elements_recursive()
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Msg-id CALNJ-vSzDD7+MBoSCKXz323Arh8RcvVo=OgpcRaWVxLoi9e1zQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: jsonb_array_elements_recursive()  ("Joel Jacobson" <joel@compiler.org>)
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Hi,

bq. SELECT unnest('[[5,2],"a",[8,[3,2],6]]'::jsonb);

Since the array without cast is not normal array (and would be rejected), I wonder if the cast is needed.
Because casting to jsonb is the only legitimate interpretation here.

Cheers

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 9:42 AM Joel Jacobson <joel@compiler.org> wrote:
On Sun, Feb 7, 2021, at 18:33, Zhihong Yu wrote:
>Hi,
># SELECT '[[5,2],"a",[8,[3,2],6]]'::jsonb;
>             jsonb
>-------------------------------
> [[5, 2], "a", [8, [3, 2], 6]]
>(1 row)
>
>unnest(array[[3,2],"a",[1,4]]) is not accepted currently.
>
>Would the enhanced unnest accept the above array ?
>
>Cheers

Yes, but only if the overloaded jsonb version of unnest() exists,
and only if it's a jsonb array, not a normal array, like Pavel explained.

Your example using a PoC PL/pgSQL:

CREATE FUNCTION unnest(jsonb)
RETURNS SETOF jsonb
LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $$
DECLARE
value jsonb;
BEGIN
FOR value IN SELECT jsonb_array_elements($1) LOOP
  IF jsonb_typeof(value) <> 'array' THEN
    RETURN NEXT value;
  ELSE
    RETURN QUERY
    SELECT pit.jsonb_array_elements_recursive(value);
  END IF;
END LOOP;
END
$$;

SELECT unnest('[[5,2],"a",[8,[3,2],6]]'::jsonb);
unnest
--------
5
2
"a"
8
3
2
6
(7 rows)

Cheers,

/Joel

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