On 4/13/16, sighup <rts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, please excuse either my stupidity or naivety regarding this but I'm > a bit confused. Give the following basic table structure : > > TABLE Data ( > ID INT NOT NULL, > Markers jsonb NOT NULL > ); > > And the following data: > > INSERT INTO Data (ID, Markers) VALUES(1, '[ {"idle": true, "items": 8, > "done": 0}, {"idle": true, "items": 8, "done": 0}]') ; > > How can I extract the value of the 'items' key either as two rows and or > a sum of both. You should use a proper function "jsonb_populate_recordset" [1]. > I had thought that : > > SELECT Markers->'items' AS Items FROM Data WHERE (ID = X) ; > > would have done the job but all I get is an empty column, If course you get empty result because the operator "->" is "Get JSON array *element*". > of course using : > > SELECT Markers->0->'items' AS Items FROM Data WHERE (ID = X) ; > > Produces a single row but isn't exactly what I want.I have of course > searched but not found a definitive answer, or maybe that should read > 'one I can understand'. > > I'm using PostgreSQL 9.5 on Linux with pgAdmin III on Mac. > > -- > Bill [1] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/functions-json.html -- Best regards, Vitaly Burovoy -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general