Re: default opclass for jsonb (was Re: Call for GIST/GIN/SP-GIST opclass documentation)

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: default opclass for jsonb (was Re: Call for GIST/GIN/SP-GIST opclass documentation)
Date: 2014-05-10 21:00:54
Message-ID: 536E9386.6050701@dunslane.net
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On 05/10/2014 04:42 PM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>
>
> The main difference between the two opclasses from a user's standpoint
> is not whether they hash or not. The big difference is that one
> indexes complete paths from the root, and the other indexes just the
> "leaf" level. For example, if you have an object like '{"foo": {"bar":
> 123 } }', one will index "foo", "foo->bar", and "foo->bar->123" while
> the other will index "foo", "bar" and "123".
>
> Whether the opclasses use hashing to shorten the key is an orthogonal
> property, and IMHO not as important. To reflect that, I suggest that
> we name the opclasses:
>
> json_path_ops
> json_value_ops
>
> or something along those lines.
>
>

That looks like the first suggestion I've actually liked and that users
will be able to understand.

cheers

andrew

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