Re: First draft of PG 17 release notes

On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 04:29:38PM +0800, jian he wrote:
> On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 12:04 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >
> > I have committed the first draft of the PG 17 release notes; you can
> > see the results here:
> >
> > https://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/release-17.html
> >
>
> >> Add jsonpath methods to convert JSON values to different data types (Jeevan Chalke)
> >> The jsonpath methods are .bigint(), .boolean(), .date(), .decimal([precision [, scale]]), .integer(), .number(), .string(), .time(), .time_tz(), .timestamp(), and .timestamp_tz().
>
> I think it's slightly incorrect.
>
> for example:
> select jsonb_path_query('"2023-08-15"', '$.date()');
> I think it does is trying to validate json value "2023-08-15" can be a
> date value, if so, print json string out, else error out.
>
>
> "convert JSON values to different data types"
> meaning that we are converting json values to another data type, date?

I see your point. I have reworded it to be:

Add jsonpath methods to convert JSON values to other JSON data
types (Jeevan Chalke)

Does that help? I think your example is causing confusion because once
JSON values enter the SQL data type space, they are strings.

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