Re: hstore - jsonb

On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Armand Turpel
<armand(dot)turpel(dot)mnhn(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A few questions about jsonb and hstore:
>
> 1. does jsonb replace hstore?

no, it's different data type

> 2. compatibility of jsonb <> hstore?

hstore is a simple key-value model, while jsonb - richer document-based model.

> 3. will the development of hstore continue?

I don't believe so, we froze nested hstore to concentrate development
resources to jsonb. Nested hstore still available from
http://www.sigaev.ru/git/gitweb.cgi?p=hstore.git;a=summary
It's should be compatible with 9.3

> 4. is it recommended to use jsonb when planning new projects?

yes, we are working on jsonb support.

>
> Thanks
> Armand
>
>
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