https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-4918
> On Jun 21, 2023, at 6:41 PM, <mbu...@gmail.com> <mbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a question about Calcite and fancier data types. > > It looks like Calcite JSON operations are really implemented by treating > JSON as a string. I expect that this is expensive, since the string needs to > be parsed and serialized back for every operation. > > > > Snowflake uses VARIANT types to represent the parsed JSON; a VARIANT is > really a dynamically-typed union type: > https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/data-types-semistructured#label- > data-type-variant > > > > Postgres has native types JSON, JSONB, and JSONPATH: > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/datatype-json.html > > > > Is there a way to manipulate JSON more efficiently in Calcite than by just > using strings? > > If there isn't, is anyone working on such a topic? > > > > If there isn't anyone working on this, the next question is whether the > existing Calcite type system is rich enough to support a VARIANT-like type, > or does the type system need to be extended? > > > > Thank you, > > Mihai >
