>>>>> "Rory" == Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Rory> and data like this: Rory> j Rory> -------------------------------------------------- Rory> {"a": 1, "people": [{"id": 2002}, {"id": 2004}]} Rory> {"a": 3, "people": [{"id": 2003}, {"id": 2005}]} Rory> (2 rows) Rory> I'd like to be able to find any row with a particular people id Rory> attribute. where j @> '{"people":[{"id":2003}]}' (meaning: j contains a key "people" whose value is an array containing an element {"id":2003}) Since @> can use GIN indexes, you should usually try and find a search condition using it before resorting to playing with -> or expanding out array values. -- Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)