Thread: how does jsonb_set work?

how does jsonb_set work?

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the documentation is missing some information

how does the jsonb_set function work?
does it create a whole new json and updates it in the column? or it actually
only updates the specific key in "path"

thanks

Re: how does jsonb_set work?

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On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 01:45:22PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/functions-json.html
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> the documentation is missing some information
> 
> how does the jsonb_set function work?
> does it create a whole new json and updates it in the column? or it actually
> only updates the specific key in "path"

jsonb_set() is a function that returns a JSONB value with the fields
changed.  It is up to you to assign it to a column.

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