Re: [HACKERS] SQL/JSON in PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 29.09.2017 20:07, Pavel Stehule wrote:

2017-09-29 12:15 GMT+02:00 Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>:

2017-09-29 12:09 GMT+02:00 Nikita Glukhov <n.gluhov@postgrespro.ru>:

I have some free time now. Is it last version?

Regards

Pavel

Yes, this is still the latest version. Now I am working only on unfinished WIP
patch no. 9, but I think it should be reviewed the last.

ok

Thank you

I have few queries and notes

1. Why first patch holds Gin related functionality? Can be it separated?

Yes, it can be easily separated. Attached archive with separated GIN patch no.2.

2. Why Json path functions starts by "_" ? These functions are not removed by other patches.

Originally, these functions were created only for testing purposes and should
be treated as "internal". But with introduction of jsonpath operators jsonpath
tests can be completely rewritten using this operators.

3. What is base for jsonpath-extensions? ANSI/SQL?

Our jsonpath extensions are not based on any standards, so they are quite
dangerous because they can conflict with the standard in the future.

This patch is pretty big - so I propose to push JSONPath and SQL/JSON related patches first, and then in next iteration to push JSON_TABLE patch. Is it acceptable strategy?

I think it's acceptable. And this was the main reason for the separation of patches.

I am sure so JSON_TABLE is pretty important function, but it is pretty complex too (significantly more complex than XMLTABLE), so it can be practiacal to move this function to separate project. I hope so all patches will be merged in release 11 time.