Re: json generation enhancements

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2013-01-11T16:03:56Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On 01/11/2013 11:00 AM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> I have not had anyone follow up on this, so I have added docs and will 
> add this to the commitfest.
>
> Recap:
>
> This adds the following:
>
>     json_agg(anyrecord) -> json
>     to_json(any) -> json
>     hstore_to_json(hstore) -> json (also used as a cast)
>     hstore_to_json_loose(hstore) -> json
>
> Also, in json generation, if any non-builtin type has a cast to json, 
> that function is used instead of the type's output function.
>
>

This time with a patch.

cheers

andrew