Hackers,
Another apparent inconsistency I’ve noticed in jsonpath queries is the
treatment of the && and || operators: They can’t operate on scalar functions,
only on other expressions. Some examples:
david=# select jsonb_path_query('true', '$ && $');
ERROR: syntax error at or near "&&" of jsonpath input
LINE 1: select jsonb_path_query('true', '$ && $');
^
david=# select jsonb_path_query('true', '$.boolean() && $.boolean()');
ERROR: syntax error at or near "&&" of jsonpath input
LINE 1: select jsonb_path_query('true', '$.boolean() && $.boolean()'...
^
The only place I’ve seen them work is inside filters with binary or unary
operands:
jsonb_path_query('[1, 3, 7]', '$[*] ? (@ > 1 && @ < 5)');
jsonb_path_query
------------------
3
It doesn’t even work with boolean methods!
david=# select jsonb_path_query('[1, 3, 7]', '$[*] ? (@.boolean() &&
@.boolean())');
ERROR: syntax error at or near "&&" of jsonpath input
LINE 1: select jsonb_path_query('[1, 3, 7]', '$[*] ? (@.boolean() &&...
^
Other binary operators work just fine in these sorts of contexts:
david=# select jsonb_path_query('1', '$ >= 1');
jsonb_path_query
------------------
true
(1 row)
david=# select jsonb_path_query('[1, 3, 7]', '$[*] ? (@ > 1)');
jsonb_path_query
------------------
3
7
(2 rows)
Should && and || not also work on scalar operands?
Best,
David
