On 10/26/2016 12:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> FWIW, I'm -1 on using JSON here. I don't believe that we should start >> using JSON all over the place just because we can. If we do that, >> we'll end up with a mishmash of styles, and maybe look silly when JSON >> is replaced by the new and much better SDGJHSDR format. > > I concur. JSON isn't a core datatype and I don't want to see it treated > as one. We should redesign this view so that it doesn't rely on anything > more advanced than arrays.
Huh? Sure it is. Ships in PostgreSQL-core. I mean, I'm not particularly in favor of using JSON for this (arrays seem OK), but that seems like an invalid reason not to. -- -- Josh Berkus Red Hat OSAS (any opinions are my own) -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers