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Re: JSON for PG 9.2

David Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

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From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
To: Claes Jakobsson <claes@surfar.nu>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Jan Urbański <wulczer@wulczer.org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Joey Adams <joeyadams3.14159@gmail.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>
Date: 2011-12-21T02:06:53Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Dec 20, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Claes Jakobsson wrote:

> Are people explicitly asking for a) *JSON* datatype or b) a type that lets you store arbitrary complex semi-untyped data structures?

Yes.

> if b) then this might get a lot more interesting

JSON is the most popular/likely way to represent that, I think.

David