BUG #19418: SQL/JSON JSON_VALUE() does not conform to ISO/IEC 9075-2:2023(E) 6.34 <JSON value constructor>
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Date: 2026-02-26T09:57:50Z
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The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 19418 Logged by: Lukas Eder Email address: lukas.eder@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 18.2 Operating system: Linux Description: When using the ISO/IEC 9075-2:2023(E) 6.34 <JSON value constructor by query> syntax, 6.34 GR 4) b) i) says that empty tables should produce a JSON array with no elements (intuitively), not NULL. Try this: select json_array(select 1 where false); It produces NULL, not []
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Enforce RETURNING typmod for empty-set JSON_ARRAY(query)
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Fix JSON_ARRAY(query) empty set handling and view deparsing
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