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From Andrew Dunstan
Subject pgsql: Document strange jsonb sort order for empty top level arrays
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Msg-id E1tTjnl-002pI1-KI@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Document strange jsonb sort order for empty top level arrays

Slightly faulty logic in the original jsonb code (commit d9134d0a355)
results in an empty top level array sorting less than a json null. We
can't change the sort order now since it would affect btree indexes over
jsonb, so document the anomaly.

Backpatch to all live branches (13 .. 17)

In master, also add a code comment noting the anomaly.

Reported-by: Yan Chengpen
Reviewed-by: Jian He

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/OSBPR01MB45199DD8DA2D1CECD50518188E272@OSBPR01MB4519.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/30f017626308a06cf0c0c82a706a1ba1b07df34a

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/json.sgml             | 3 ++-
src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb_util.c | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


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