From: | Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
Cc: | Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: additional json functionality |
Date: | 2013-11-18 09:02:19 |
Message-ID: | 5289D79B.4040000@2ndQuadrant.com |
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On 11/18/2013 05:19 AM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 11/17/2013 08:49 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
>>> Now, if it turns out that the new hstore is not dealing with json input
>>> and output, we could have json, jstore and hstore.
>> Jstore isn't the worst name suggestion I've heard on this thread. The
>> reason I prefer JSONB though, is that a new user looking for a place to
>> put JSON data will clearly realize that JSON and JSONB are alternatives
>> and related in some way. They won't necessarily expect that "jstore"
>> has anything to do with JSON, especially when there is another type
>> called "JSON". Quite a few people are liable to think it's something to
>> do with Java.
>>
>> Besides, we might get sued by these people: http://www.jstor.org/ ;-)
>>
>
> I don't think any name that doesn't begin with "json" is acceptable.
> I could live with "jsonb". It has the merit of brevity, but maybe it's
> a tad
> too close to "json" to be the right answer.
How about jsondoc, or jsonobj ?
It is still reasonably 'json' but not too easy to confuse with existing
json
when typing
And it perhaps hints better at the main difference from string-json, namely
that it is an object and not textual source code / notation / processing
info .
Cheers
--
Hannu Krosing
PostgreSQL Consultant
Performance, Scalability and High Availability
2ndQuadrant Nordic OÜ
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