Enforce RETURNING typmod for empty-set JSON_ARRAY(query)

Richard Guo <rguo@postgresql.org>

Commit: 9d124a14b3d4803afee5efc4f794dfb72016cb88
Author: Richard Guo <rguo@postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-05-08T08:21:48Z
Enforce RETURNING typmod for empty-set JSON_ARRAY(query)

Commit 8d829f5a0 introduced a COALESCE wrapper around the
JSON_ARRAYAGG subquery so that JSON_ARRAY(query) returns '[]' rather
than NULL when the subquery yields no rows, per the SQL/JSON standard.

The empty-array Const used as the COALESCE fallback was, however,
built with typmod -1 and the type input function was likewise invoked
with typmod -1.  As a result, any length restriction from the
RETURNING clause was silently bypassed on the empty-set path, while
the non-empty path enforced it via the JSON_ARRAYAGG coercion.

Build the empty-array Const using the typmod of the COALESCE's
non-empty argument, and pass that typmod to OidInputFunctionCall as
well so the value is length-checked at parse time.  This makes the
empty-set and non-empty-set paths behave consistently.

Reported-by: Ayush Tiwari <ayushtiwari.slg01@gmail.com>
Author: Richard Guo <guofenglinux@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAJTYsWXPYqa58YXrU+SQMVonsAhjLS46HNUMU=wO5zm9MgY3_g@mail.gmail.com

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