Re: jsonb and nested hstore

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>
Subject: Re: jsonb and nested hstore
Date: 2014-02-25 18:54:28
Message-ID: 530CE6E4.7030102@agliodbs.com
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On 02/25/2014 10:50 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
>> On 02/25/2014 10:31 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> And I definitely don't
>>> agree that our documentation should push people towards stuffing
>>> everything in a JSON blob instead of using real column definitions.
>>
>> ????
>>
>> Where did you get this out of my doc patch?
>
> Way to quote what I said out of context.

Way to put words in my mouth.

> But to make a long story short, I get that from the fact that you want
> to railroad everyone into using jsonb.

That's called a "straw man argument", Robert.

Me: We should recommend that people use jsonb unless they have a
specific reason for using json.

Merlin: We should present them side-by-side with a complex comparison.

Robert: Josh wants to junk all relational data and use only jsonb!

I mean, really, WTF?

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com

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