Re: JSONB Array of Strings (with GIN index) versus Split Rows (B-Tree Index)

On 2019-02-04 05:34, Syed Jafri wrote:

> |---------------------|------------------|---------------------|------------------|
> | Receiver | Event | Date | Location |
> |---------------------|------------------|---------------------|------------------|
> | Alpha | 3 | 12 | USA |
> |---------------------|------------------|---------------------|------------------|
> | Bravo | 3 | 12 | USA |
> |---------------------|------------------|---------------------|------------------|
> | Charlie | 3 | 12 | USA |
> |---------------------|------------------|---------------------|------------------|

Please forgive a naive question, but doesn't this simply cry out for a
normalization step?

EventID Date Location
3 12 USA

Receiver EventID
Alpha 3
Bravo 3
Charlie 3

If you want to use JSON by any means necessary, perhaps a simpler
key/value store is more appropriate than a relational DB like Postgres?

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