So basically we're saying JSON in 9.4 is still a little way from where it needs to be in terms of real-world functionality ? Or am I being too harsh ? ;-) On 23 January 2015 at 18:49, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/23/2015 10:15 AM, Tim Smith wrote: >>> >>> How does it not work? >>> In other words what was the query you tried and what was the output? >> >> >> As in, it doesn't work. Full stop.... >> >> \d+ json_test >> Table "public.json_test" >> Column | Type | Modifiers | Storage | Stats target | Description >> ---------+-------+-----------+----------+--------------+------------- >> content | jsonb | not null | extended | | >> Indexes: >> "idxgin" gin (content) >> >> >> truncate json_test; >> TRUNCATE TABLE >> insert into json_test(content) values('[{"ID": "3119","Desc":"bob"}]'); >> INSERT 0 1 >> >> select content->'Desc' from json_test where content @> '{"ID":"3119"}'; >> ?column? >> ---------- >> (0 rows) >> > > WITH c AS > (SELECT > jsonb_array_elements(content) AS content > FROM > json_test) > SELECT > content->'Desc' > FROM > c > WHERE > content @> '{"ID":"3119"}' > > ?column? > ---------- > "bob" > (1 row) > > > With the caveats that Christophe Pettus mentioned. > >>> -- >>> Adrian Klaver >>> adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general