Re: inconsistent behaviour of json_to_record and friends with embedded json

I wrote:
> I agree.  It looks to me like the problem is this over-optimistic
> assumption:
>             /*
>              * Add quotes around string value (should be already escaped) if
>              * converting to json/jsonb.
>              */
> No, it's *not* already escaped.  Fixing the code to use escape_json()
> is a bit tedious, because for some reason that function wasn't designed
> to support non-null-terminated input, but with the attached patch we get
> what seems to me like sane behavior:

Hearing no comments, I've pushed this patch.  I also rewrote the
documentation to provide something approaching a specification for
what json_to_record() and friends do.

			regards, tom lane