>From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc Mamin >Sent: Montag, 23. Mai 2016 16:03 >To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: revert function for to_json ? > >Hello, > >I'm looking for $subject > >example: > >how to revert > select to_json(E'a\n''b'::text) > >I can achieve it with something like this: > select json_extract_path_text(('{"a":'||to_json(E'a\n''b'::text)||'}')::json,'a') > >does anybody knows a less ugly solution ? I just found the solution here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27215216/postgres-how-to-convert-json-string-to-text :-) select to_json(E'a\n''b'::text)#>>'{}' > >regards, > >Marc Mamin > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general