Re: jsonb_strip_nulls with arrays?

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Florents Tselai <florents.tselai@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-02-19T22:18:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 2025-02-19 We 4:23 PM, Florents Tselai wrote:
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>> On 18 Jan 2025, at 11:51 AM, Florents Tselai 
>> <florents.tselai@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On 8 Jan 2025, at 6:45 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
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>>> On 2024-09-17 Tu 4:53 PM, Florents Tselai wrote:
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>>>>     We could, if we're going to do anything at all in this area.
>>>>     Another possibility would be to provide a second optional
>>>>     parameter for json{b}_strip_nulls. That's probably a better way
>>>>     to go.
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>>>> Here's a patch that adds that argument (only for jsonb; no json 
>>>> implementation yet)
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>>> I think it looks sane. We're not stripping a top level null, which 
>>> is one thing I looked out for.
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>>> I think we need a json implementation as well, though.
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>> Thanks for having a Look, Andrew;
>> if there aren’t any other objections, I’ll come back with a json 
>> implementation too.
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> Attached is a v2 patch with the missing json implementation.
> jsonb one remains the same.



Please add this to the next Commitfest at 
https://commitfest.postgresql.org/52/


cheers


andrew


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