Re: jsonb generator functions

On 12/12/2014 01:10 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 12/08/2014 01:00 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>
>> On 12/08/2014 04:21 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, here is a new patch version that
>>>>
>>>> * uses find_coercion_path() to find the cast function if any, as
>>>> discussed elsewhere
>>>> * removes calls to getTypeOutputInfo() except where required
>>>> * honors a cast to json only for rendering both json and jsonb
>>>> * adds processing for the date type that was previously missing in
>>>> datum_to_jsonb
>>> Did this go anywhere?
>>>
>>
>> Not, yet. I hope to get to it this week.
>>
>>
>
>
> OK, here is a new version.
>
> The major change is that the aggregate final functions now clone the
> transition value rather than modifying it directly, avoiding a similar
> nearby error which Tom fixed recently.
>
> Also here is a patch factored out which applies the
> find_coercion_pathway change to json.c. I'm inclined to say we should
> backpatch this to 9.4 (and with a small change 9.3). Thoughts?
>

Er this time with patches.

cheers

andrew