Select a column and then apply JSONB_ARRAY_ELEMENTS to it

From: Alexander Farber <alexander(dot)farber(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Select a column and then apply JSONB_ARRAY_ELEMENTS to it
Date: 2021-01-09 13:31:57
Message-ID: CAADeyWi4TaxUfzKYLmMXAiqY5db-ZUzec=r8f64Nn_m4FN4YHw@mail.gmail.com
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Hello,

for a word puzzle using PostgreSQL 13.1:

https://wortefarbers.de/ws/puzzle2?mid=138&secret=c6f469786df7e8d44461381b62b2ce7d

I am trying to improve a stored function -

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION words_solve_puzzle(
in_mid bigint,
in_uid int,
in_answer text,
OUT out_json jsonb
) RETURNS jsonb AS
$func$
DECLARE
_tile jsonb;
_letter char;
_value integer;
_answer text;
BEGIN
FOR _tile IN SELECT * FROM JSONB_ARRAY_ELEMENTS(SELECT tiles FROM
words_moves WHERE mid = in_mid)
LOOP
_letter := _tile->>'letter';
_value := (_tile->>'value')::int;
RAISE NOTICE 'Tile % letter % value', _tile, _letter,
_value;
END LOOP;

However this results in the error message -

ERROR: 42601: syntax error at or near "SELECT"
LINE 24: ... FOR _tile IN SELECT * FROM JSONB_ARRAY_ELEMENTS(SELECT til...
^
LOCATION: scanner_yyerror, scan.l:1180

Could you please help me, how to combine SELECT query and the LOOP
through JSONB_ARRAY_ELEMENTS here?

Thank you
Alex

P.S: Here the table:

words_de=> \d words_moves
Table "public.words_moves"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable |
Default
---------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+------------------------------------------
mid | bigint | | not null |
nextval('words_moves_mid_seq'::regclass)
action | text | | not null |
gid | integer | | not null |
uid | integer | | not null |
played | timestamp with time zone | | not null |
tiles | jsonb | | |
score | integer | | |
str | text | | |
hand | text | | |
letters | character(1)[] | | |
values | integer[] | | |
Indexes:
"words_moves_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (mid)
"words_moves_gid_played_idx" btree (gid, played DESC)
"words_moves_uid_action_played_idx" btree (uid, action, played)
"words_moves_uid_idx" btree (uid)
Check constraints:
"words_moves_score_check" CHECK (score >= 0)
Foreign-key constraints:
"words_moves_gid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (gid) REFERENCES words_games(gid) ON
DELETE CASCADE
"words_moves_uid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (uid) REFERENCES words_users(uid) ON
DELETE CASCADE
Referenced by:
TABLE "words_puzzles" CONSTRAINT "words_puzzles_mid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY
(mid) REFERENCES words_moves(mid) ON DELETE CASCADE
TABLE "words_scores" CONSTRAINT "words_scores_mid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY
(mid) REFERENCES words_moves(mid) ON DELETE CASCADE

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