On 12/4/23 17:55, Davin Shearer wrote:
Sorry about the top posting / top quoting... the link you sent me gives
me a 404. I'm not exactly sure what top quoting / posting means and
Googling those terms wasn't helpful for me, but I've removed the quoting
that my mail client is automatically "helpfully" adding to my emails. I
mean no offense.
No offense taken. But it is worthwhile to conform to the very long
established norms of the mailing lists on which you participate. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
I would describe the Postgres list style (based on that link) as
"inline replying, in which the different parts of the reply follow
the relevant parts of the original post...[with]...trimming of the
original text"
There are however a few characters that need to be escaped
1. |"|(double quote)
2. |\|(backslash)
3. |/|(forward slash)
4. |\b|(backspace)
5. |\f|(form feed)
6. |\n|(new line)
7. |\r|(carriage return)
8. |\t|(horizontal tab)
These characters should be represented in the test cases to see how the
escaping behaves and to ensure that the escaping is done properly per
JSON requirements.
I can look at adding these as test cases. The latest version of the
patch (attached) includes some of that already. For reference, the tests
so far include this:
8<-------------------------------
test=# select * from copytest;
style | test | filler
---------+----------+--------
DOS | abc\r +| 1
| def |
Unix | abc +| 2
| def |
Mac | abc\rdef | 3
esc\ape | a\r\\r\ +| 4
| \nb |
(4 rows)
test=# copy copytest to stdout (format json);
{"style":"DOS","test":"abc\r\ndef","filler":1}
{"style":"Unix","test":"abc\ndef","filler":2}
{"style":"Mac","test":"abc\rdef","filler":3}
{"style":"esc\\ape","test":"a\\r\\\r\\\n\\nb","filler":4}
8<-------------------------------
At this point "COPY TO" should be sending exactly the unaltered output
of the postgres JSON processing functions.
--
Joe Conway
PostgreSQL Contributors Team
RDS Open Source Databases
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index 18ecc69..af8777b 100644
*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
*************** COPY { <replaceable class="parameter">ta
*** 43,48 ****
--- 43,50 ----
FORCE_QUOTE { ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ...] ) | * }
FORCE_NOT_NULL { ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ...] ) | * }
FORCE_NULL { ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ...] ) | * }
+ FORCE_ARRAY [ <replaceable class="parameter">boolean</replaceable> ]
+ FORCE_ROW_DELIMITER [ <replaceable class="parameter">boolean</replaceable> ]
ENCODING '<replaceable class="parameter">encoding_name</replaceable>'
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
*************** COPY { <replaceable class="parameter">ta
*** 206,214 ****
--- 208,221 ----
Selects the data format to be read or written:
<literal>text</literal>,
<literal>csv</literal> (Comma Separated Values),
+ <literal>json</literal> (JavaScript Object Notation),
or <literal>binary</literal>.
The default is <literal>text</literal>.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The <literal>json</literal> option is allowed only in
+ <command>COPY TO</command>.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
*************** COPY { <replaceable class="parameter">ta
*** 372,377 ****
--- 379,410 ----
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>FORCE_ROW_DELIMITER</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Force output of commas as row delimiters, in addition to the usual
+ end of line characters. This option is allowed only in
+ <command>COPY TO</command>, and only when using
+ <literal>JSON</literal> format.
+ The default is <literal>false</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>FORCE_ARRAY</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Force output of array decorations at the beginning and end of output.
+ This option implies the <literal>FORCE_ROW_DELIMITER</literal>
+ option. It is allowed only in <command>COPY TO</command>, and only
+ when using <literal>JSON</literal> format.
+ The default is <literal>false</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>ENCODING</literal></term>
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copy.c b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
index cfad47b..0236a9e 100644
*** a/src/backend/commands/copy.c
--- b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
*************** ProcessCopyOptions(ParseState *pstate,
*** 419,424 ****
--- 419,426 ----
bool format_specified = false;
bool freeze_specified = false;
bool header_specified = false;
+ bool force_row_delimiter_specified = false;
+ bool force_array_specified = false;
ListCell *option;
/* Support external use for option sanity checking */
*************** ProcessCopyOptions(ParseState *pstate,
*** 443,448 ****
--- 445,452 ----
/* default format */ ;
else if (strcmp(fmt, "csv") == 0)
opts_out->csv_mode = true;
+ else if (strcmp(fmt, "json") == 0)
+ opts_out->json_mode = true;
else if (strcmp(fmt, "binary") == 0)
opts_out->binary = true;
else
*************** ProcessCopyOptions(ParseState *pstate,
*** 540,545 ****
--- 544,563 ----
defel->defname),
parser_errposition(pstate, defel->location)));
}
+ else if (strcmp(defel->defname, "force_row_delimiter") == 0)
+ {
+ if (force_row_delimiter_specified)
+ errorConflictingDefElem(defel, pstate);
+ force_row_delimiter_specified = true;
+ opts_out->force_row_delimiter = defGetBoolean(defel);
+ }
+ else if (strcmp(defel->defname, "force_array") == 0)
+ {
+ if (force_array_specified)
+ errorConflictingDefElem(defel, pstate);
+ force_array_specified = true;
+ opts_out->force_array = defGetBoolean(defel);
+ }
else if (strcmp(defel->defname, "convert_selectively") == 0)
{
/*
*************** ProcessCopyOptions(ParseState *pstate,
*** 598,603 ****
--- 616,647 ----
(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
errmsg("cannot specify DEFAULT in BINARY mode")));
+ if (opts_out->json_mode)
+ {
+ if (is_from)
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+ errmsg("cannot use JSON mode in COPY FROM")));
+
+ if (opts_out->force_array &&
+ force_row_delimiter_specified &&
+ !opts_out->force_row_delimiter)
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+ errmsg("cannot specify FORCE_ROW_DELIMITER false with FORCE_ARRAY true")));
+
+ if (opts_out->force_array)
+ opts_out->force_row_delimiter = true;
+ }
+ else if (opts_out->force_array)
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+ errmsg("COPY FORCE_ARRAY requires JSON mode")));
+ else if (opts_out->force_row_delimiter)
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+ errmsg("COPY FORCE_ROW_DELIMITER requires JSON mode")));
+
/* Set defaults for omitted options */
if (!opts_out->delim)
opts_out->delim = opts_out->csv_mode ? "," : "\t";
*************** ProcessCopyOptions(ParseState *pstate,
*** 667,672 ****
--- 711,721 ----
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
errmsg("cannot specify HEADER in BINARY mode")));
+ if (opts_out->json_mode && opts_out->header_line)
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+ errmsg("cannot specify HEADER in JSON mode")));
+
/* Check quote */
if (!opts_out->csv_mode && opts_out->quote != NULL)
ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copyto.c b/src/backend/commands/copyto.c
index c66a047..fba3070 100644
*** a/src/backend/commands/copyto.c
--- b/src/backend/commands/copyto.c
***************
*** 37,42 ****
--- 37,43 ----
#include "rewrite/rewriteHandler.h"
#include "storage/fd.h"
#include "tcop/tcopprot.h"
+ #include "utils/json.h"
#include "utils/lsyscache.h"
#include "utils/memutils.h"
#include "utils/partcache.h"
*************** typedef struct
*** 112,117 ****
--- 113,120 ----
/* NOTE: there's a copy of this in copyfromparse.c */
static const char BinarySignature[11] = "PGCOPY\n\377\r\n\0";
+ /* need delimiter to start next json array element */
+ static bool json_row_delim_needed = false;
/* non-export function prototypes */
static void EndCopy(CopyToState cstate);
*************** DoCopyTo(CopyToState cstate)
*** 845,850 ****
--- 848,867 ----
CopySendEndOfRow(cstate);
}
+
+ /*
+ * If JSON has been requested, and FORCE_ARRAY has been specified
+ * send the opening bracket.
+ */
+ if (cstate->opts.json_mode)
+ {
+ if (cstate->opts.force_array)
+ {
+ CopySendChar(cstate, '[');
+ CopySendEndOfRow(cstate);
+ }
+ json_row_delim_needed = false;
+ }
}
if (cstate->rel)
*************** DoCopyTo(CopyToState cstate)
*** 892,897 ****
--- 909,925 ----
CopySendEndOfRow(cstate);
}
+ /*
+ * If JSON has been requested, and FORCE_ARRAY has been specified
+ * send the closing bracket.
+ */
+ if (cstate->opts.json_mode &&
+ cstate->opts.force_array)
+ {
+ CopySendChar(cstate, ']');
+ CopySendEndOfRow(cstate);
+ }
+
MemoryContextDelete(cstate->rowcontext);
if (fe_copy)
*************** DoCopyTo(CopyToState cstate)
*** 906,916 ****
static void
CopyOneRowTo(CopyToState cstate, TupleTableSlot *slot)
{
- bool need_delim = false;
- FmgrInfo *out_functions = cstate->out_functions;
MemoryContext oldcontext;
- ListCell *cur;
- char *string;
MemoryContextReset(cstate->rowcontext);
oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(cstate->rowcontext);
--- 934,940 ----
*************** CopyOneRowTo(CopyToState cstate, TupleTa
*** 921,974 ****
CopySendInt16(cstate, list_length(cstate->attnumlist));
}
! /* Make sure the tuple is fully deconstructed */
! slot_getallattrs(slot);
!
! foreach(cur, cstate->attnumlist)
{
! int attnum = lfirst_int(cur);
! Datum value = slot->tts_values[attnum - 1];
! bool isnull = slot->tts_isnull[attnum - 1];
! if (!cstate->opts.binary)
! {
! if (need_delim)
! CopySendChar(cstate, cstate->opts.delim[0]);
! need_delim = true;
! }
! if (isnull)
! {
! if (!cstate->opts.binary)
! CopySendString(cstate, cstate->opts.null_print_client);
! else
! CopySendInt32(cstate, -1);
! }
! else
{
if (!cstate->opts.binary)
{
! string = OutputFunctionCall(&out_functions[attnum - 1],
! value);
! if (cstate->opts.csv_mode)
! CopyAttributeOutCSV(cstate, string,
! cstate->opts.force_quote_flags[attnum - 1],
! list_length(cstate->attnumlist) == 1);
else
! CopyAttributeOutText(cstate, string);
}
else
{
! bytea *outputbytes;
! outputbytes = SendFunctionCall(&out_functions[attnum - 1],
! value);
! CopySendInt32(cstate, VARSIZE(outputbytes) - VARHDRSZ);
! CopySendData(cstate, VARDATA(outputbytes),
! VARSIZE(outputbytes) - VARHDRSZ);
}
}
}
CopySendEndOfRow(cstate);
--- 945,1028 ----
CopySendInt16(cstate, list_length(cstate->attnumlist));
}
! if (!cstate->opts.json_mode)
{
! bool need_delim = false;
! FmgrInfo *out_functions = cstate->out_functions;
! ListCell *cur;
! char *string;
! /* Make sure the tuple is fully deconstructed */
! slot_getallattrs(slot);
! foreach(cur, cstate->attnumlist)
{
+ int attnum = lfirst_int(cur);
+ Datum value = slot->tts_values[attnum - 1];
+ bool isnull = slot->tts_isnull[attnum - 1];
+
if (!cstate->opts.binary)
{
! if (need_delim)
! CopySendChar(cstate, cstate->opts.delim[0]);
! need_delim = true;
! }
!
! if (isnull)
! {
! if (!cstate->opts.binary)
! CopySendString(cstate, cstate->opts.null_print_client);
else
! CopySendInt32(cstate, -1);
}
else
{
! if (!cstate->opts.binary)
! {
! string = OutputFunctionCall(&out_functions[attnum - 1],
! value);
! if (cstate->opts.csv_mode)
! CopyAttributeOutCSV(cstate, string,
! cstate->opts.force_quote_flags[attnum - 1],
! list_length(cstate->attnumlist) == 1);
! else
! CopyAttributeOutText(cstate, string);
! }
! else
! {
! bytea *outputbytes;
! outputbytes = SendFunctionCall(&out_functions[attnum - 1],
! value);
! CopySendInt32(cstate, VARSIZE(outputbytes) - VARHDRSZ);
! CopySendData(cstate, VARDATA(outputbytes),
! VARSIZE(outputbytes) - VARHDRSZ);
! }
}
}
}
+ else
+ {
+ Datum rowdata = ExecFetchSlotHeapTupleDatum(slot);
+ StringInfo result;
+
+ result = makeStringInfo();
+ composite_to_json(rowdata, result, false);
+
+ if (json_row_delim_needed &&
+ cstate->opts.force_row_delimiter)
+ {
+ CopySendChar(cstate, ',');
+ }
+ else if (cstate->opts.force_row_delimiter)
+ {
+ /* first row needs no delimiter */
+ CopySendChar(cstate, ' ');
+ json_row_delim_needed = true;
+ }
+
+ CopySendData(cstate, result->data, result->len);
+ }
CopySendEndOfRow(cstate);
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index d631ac8..16aa131 100644
*** a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
--- b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
*************** copy_opt_item:
*** 3408,3413 ****
--- 3408,3417 ----
{
$$ = makeDefElem("format", (Node *) makeString("csv"), @1);
}
+ | JSON
+ {
+ $$ = makeDefElem("format", (Node *) makeString("json"), @1);
+ }
| HEADER_P
{
$$ = makeDefElem("header", (Node *) makeBoolean(true), @1);
*************** copy_opt_item:
*** 3448,3453 ****
--- 3452,3465 ----
{
$$ = makeDefElem("encoding", (Node *) makeString($2), @1);
}
+ | FORCE ROW DELIMITER
+ {
+ $$ = makeDefElem("force_row_delimiter", (Node *) makeBoolean(true), @1);
+ }
+ | FORCE ARRAY
+ {
+ $$ = makeDefElem("force_array", (Node *) makeBoolean(true), @1);
+ }
;
/* The following exist for backward compatibility with very old versions */
*************** copy_generic_opt_elem:
*** 3490,3495 ****
--- 3502,3511 ----
{
$$ = makeDefElem($1, $2, @1);
}
+ | FORMAT_LA copy_generic_opt_arg
+ {
+ $$ = makeDefElem("format", $2, @1);
+ }
;
copy_generic_opt_arg:
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c
index 71ae53f..cb4311e 100644
*** a/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c
--- b/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c
*************** typedef struct JsonAggState
*** 83,90 ****
JsonUniqueBuilderState unique_check;
} JsonAggState;
- static void composite_to_json(Datum composite, StringInfo result,
- bool use_line_feeds);
static void array_dim_to_json(StringInfo result, int dim, int ndims, int *dims,
Datum *vals, bool *nulls, int *valcount,
JsonTypeCategory tcategory, Oid outfuncoid,
--- 83,88 ----
*************** array_to_json_internal(Datum array, Stri
*** 490,497 ****
/*
* Turn a composite / record into JSON.
*/
! static void
composite_to_json(Datum composite, StringInfo result, bool use_line_feeds)
{
HeapTupleHeader td;
--- 488,496 ----
/*
* Turn a composite / record into JSON.
+ * Exported so COPY TO can use it.
*/
! void
composite_to_json(Datum composite, StringInfo result, bool use_line_feeds)
{
HeapTupleHeader td;
diff --git a/src/include/commands/copy.h b/src/include/commands/copy.h
index f2cca0b..266910d 100644
*** a/src/include/commands/copy.h
--- b/src/include/commands/copy.h
*************** typedef struct CopyFormatOptions
*** 43,48 ****
--- 43,49 ----
bool binary; /* binary format? */
bool freeze; /* freeze rows on loading? */
bool csv_mode; /* Comma Separated Value format? */
+ bool json_mode; /* JSON format? */
CopyHeaderChoice header_line; /* header line? */
char *null_print; /* NULL marker string (server encoding!) */
int null_print_len; /* length of same */
*************** typedef struct CopyFormatOptions
*** 61,66 ****
--- 62,69 ----
List *force_null; /* list of column names */
bool force_null_all; /* FORCE_NULL *? */
bool *force_null_flags; /* per-column CSV FN flags */
+ bool force_row_delimiter; /* use comma as per-row JSON delimiter */
+ bool force_array; /* JSON array; implies force_row_delimiter */
bool convert_selectively; /* do selective binary conversion? */
List *convert_select; /* list of column names (can be NIL) */
} CopyFormatOptions;
diff --git a/src/include/utils/json.h b/src/include/utils/json.h
index f07e82c..badc5a6 100644
*** a/src/include/utils/json.h
--- b/src/include/utils/json.h
***************
*** 17,22 ****
--- 17,24 ----
#include "lib/stringinfo.h"
/* functions in json.c */
+ extern void composite_to_json(Datum composite, StringInfo result,
+ bool use_line_feeds);
extern void escape_json(StringInfo buf, const char *str);
extern char *JsonEncodeDateTime(char *buf, Datum value, Oid typid,
const int *tzp);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/copy.out b/src/test/regress/expected/copy.out
index b48365e..a34cb39 100644
*** a/src/test/regress/expected/copy.out
--- b/src/test/regress/expected/copy.out
*************** copy copytest3 to stdout csv header;
*** 42,47 ****
--- 42,98 ----
c1,"col with , comma","col with "" quote"
1,a,1
2,b,2
+ --- test copying in JSON mode with various styles
+ copy copytest to stdout json;
+ {"style":"DOS","test":"abc\r\ndef","filler":1}
+ {"style":"Unix","test":"abc\ndef","filler":2}
+ {"style":"Mac","test":"abc\rdef","filler":3}
+ {"style":"esc\\ape","test":"a\\r\\\r\\\n\\nb","filler":4}
+ copy copytest to stdout (format json);
+ {"style":"DOS","test":"abc\r\ndef","filler":1}
+ {"style":"Unix","test":"abc\ndef","filler":2}
+ {"style":"Mac","test":"abc\rdef","filler":3}
+ {"style":"esc\\ape","test":"a\\r\\\r\\\n\\nb","filler":4}
+ copy copytest to stdout (format json, force_array);
+ [
+ {"style":"DOS","test":"abc\r\ndef","filler":1}
+ ,{"style":"Unix","test":"abc\ndef","filler":2}
+ ,{"style":"Mac","test":"abc\rdef","filler":3}
+ ,{"style":"esc\\ape","test":"a\\r\\\r\\\n\\nb","filler":4}
+ ]
+ copy copytest to stdout (format json, force_row_delimiter);
+ {"style":"DOS","test":"abc\r\ndef","filler":1}
+ ,{"style":"Unix","test":"abc\ndef","filler":2}
+ ,{"style":"Mac","test":"abc\rdef","filler":3}
+ ,{"style":"esc\\ape","test":"a\\r\\\r\\\n\\nb","filler":4}
+ -- Error
+ copy copytest to stdout
+ (format json, force_array true, force_row_delimiter false);
+ ERROR: cannot specify FORCE_ROW_DELIMITER false with FORCE_ARRAY true
+ -- Error
+ copy copytest to stdout
+ (format json, header);
+ ERROR: cannot specify HEADER in JSON mode
+ -- embedded quotes
+ create temp table copyjsontest (
+ id int8,
+ f1 text,
+ f2 timestamptz);
+ insert into copyjsontest
+ select g.i,
+ CASE WHEN g.i % 2 = 0 THEN
+ 'line with '' in it: ' || g.i::text
+ ELSE
+ 'line with " in it: ' || g.i::text
+ END,
+ 'Mon Feb 10 17:32:01 1997 PST'
+ from generate_series(1,5) as g(i);
+ copy copyjsontest to stdout json;
+ {"id":1,"f1":"line with \" in it: 1","f2":"1997-02-10T17:32:01-08:00"}
+ {"id":2,"f1":"line with ' in it: 2","f2":"1997-02-10T17:32:01-08:00"}
+ {"id":3,"f1":"line with \" in it: 3","f2":"1997-02-10T17:32:01-08:00"}
+ {"id":4,"f1":"line with ' in it: 4","f2":"1997-02-10T17:32:01-08:00"}
+ {"id":5,"f1":"line with \" in it: 5","f2":"1997-02-10T17:32:01-08:00"}
create temp table copytest4 (
c1 int,
"colname with tab: " text);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/copy.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/copy.sql
index 43d2e90..189c703 100644
*** a/src/test/regress/sql/copy.sql
--- b/src/test/regress/sql/copy.sql
*************** this is just a line full of junk that wo
*** 54,59 ****
--- 54,94 ----
copy copytest3 to stdout csv header;
+ --- test copying in JSON mode with various styles
+ copy copytest to stdout json;
+
+ copy copytest to stdout (format json);
+
+ copy copytest to stdout (format json, force_array);
+
+ copy copytest to stdout (format json, force_row_delimiter);
+
+ -- Error
+ copy copytest to stdout
+ (format json, force_array true, force_row_delimiter false);
+
+ -- Error
+ copy copytest to stdout
+ (format json, header);
+
+ -- embedded quotes
+ create temp table copyjsontest (
+ id int8,
+ f1 text,
+ f2 timestamptz);
+
+ insert into copyjsontest
+ select g.i,
+ CASE WHEN g.i % 2 = 0 THEN
+ 'line with '' in it: ' || g.i::text
+ ELSE
+ 'line with " in it: ' || g.i::text
+ END,
+ 'Mon Feb 10 17:32:01 1997 PST'
+ from generate_series(1,5) as g(i);
+
+ copy copyjsontest to stdout json;
+
create temp table copytest4 (
c1 int,
"colname with tab: " text);
