Re: JSON "pretty" and selecting nested JSON fields

From: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Deven Phillips <deven(dot)phillips(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: JSON "pretty" and selecting nested JSON fields
Date: 2015-03-30 19:39:03
Message-ID: CAHyXU0zz6vGjAqE6n+B52cFfL_6VyjRLuJeU=LYvUJ_86qvt9A@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Deven Phillips
<deven(dot)phillips(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a query which selects several rows of data, and contained in one
> of those rows is some aggregated JSON data. I am using row_to_json() to make
> the whole output JSON and I am providing "true" for pretty formatting of the
> JSON. The problem that I am seeing is that they nested JSON block is not
> being prettified along with the outer JSON.

It looks like a bug. The 'outer' to_json's pretty print feature should
control the whole structure IMO. Personally, I think you'll have
better luck rigging another function to do whitespace insertion
formatting.

merlin

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