I wrote: > Try it like > EXPLAIN SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "user_event" WHERE ((parameters ->> > 'suggestion_id'::text) = '26') AND what = 'suggestion_notification'; > I don't think we assume that CoerceViaIO is strict, and without that > the deduction that the value couldn't be null doesn't hold. Hmm ... on closer inspection, we do assume that CoerceViaIO is strict, but not everyplace knows that, so there's something that could be improved here. In the meantime, try it as stated above. regards, tom lane