Re: json (b) and null fields

All,

On Saturday, September 27, 2014, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:

>
> On 09/27/2014 10:52 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
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>> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>>
>>> On 09/27/2014 06:27 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>>
>>>> So my vote is for a separate function and no optional arguments.
>>>>
>>> You mean like row_to_json_no_nulls() and json_agg_no_nulls()?
>>>
>> I thought you were proposing that we should revert the committed patch
>> lock-stock-n-barrel, and instead invent json_strip_null_fields().
>> That's instead, not in addition to. Even if you weren't saying that
>> exactly, that's where my vote goes.
>>
>
>
> I was just exploring alternatives. But I think that's where my vote goes
> too.
>

I'm fine with that. I'd like the strip-Nulls capability, but seems like
it'd be better off as an independent function (or functions) instead.

Thanks,

Stephen