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[Video] Introduction to JSON data types in PostgreSQL

July 10, 2018/0 Comments/in Andrew's PlanetPostgreSQL, PostgreSQL /by Andrew Dunstan

Webinar: Introduction to JSON data types in PostgreSQL [Follow Up]

December 19, 2017/0 Comments/in Liaqat's PlanetPostgreSQL, Webinars /by Liaqat Andrabi

On 12-Dec-2017, 2ndQuadrant held the first in a series of PostgreSQL webinars. The session was conducted by Andrew Dunstan, Principal Contributor of JSON functionality to PostgreSQL and Senior Developer & PostgreSQL Committer at 2ndQuadrant. As promised, the recording of the Webinar is now available. Those who couldn’t make it to the live session, can now view Introduction […]

Processing PostgreSQL JSON & JSONB data in Java

February 8, 2017/6 Comments/in Umair's PlanetPostgreSQL /by Umair Shahid

This is part of a series of blogs on Java & PostgreSQL. For links to other blogs in this series, please scroll to the end of this post. Starting v9.2, PostgreSQL is providing native data type support for JSON objects. Subsequent releases introduced JSONB (binary formatted JSON objects) and many data manipulation functions for JSONs, […]

Inserting JSONB data in PostgreSQL 9.6

January 26, 2017/0 Comments/in Rubens' PlanetPostgreSQL /by Rubens Souza

The `jsonb_insert` function brought in with PostgreSQL 9.6 gives more control when inserting new values into a jsonb array and/or new keys into a jsonb object. This article introduces this new function together with some examples.

JSONB and PostgreSQL 9.5: with even more powerful tools!

May 30, 2016/2 Comments/in Featured, Rubens' PlanetPostgreSQL /by Rubens Souza

PostgreSQL 9.5 has introduced new JSONB functionalities, greatly improving its already present NoSQL characteristics. With the inclusion of new operators and functions, now it is possible to easily modify the JSONB data. In this article these new modifiers will be presented together with some examples of how to use them.

Redislog: Integrating PostgreSQL with Logstash for devops real-time monitoring

January 19, 2016/2 Comments/in Featured, Gabriele's PlanetPostgreSQL /by Gabriele Bartolini

During the last October’s Italian PGDay and European PostgreSQL conference, my friend Marco Nenciarini and I had the pleasure to talk about a new open source plugin for PostgreSQL, called redislog. In that presentation (“Integrating PostgreSQL with Logstash for real-time monitoring”) we provided an example of our exploration/experimentation approach, with extensive and thorough coverage of […]

PostgreSQL anti-patterns: Unnecessary json/hstore dynamic columns

May 5, 2015/38 Comments/in Craig's PlanetPostgreSQL /by craig.ringer

PostgreSQL has json support – but you shouldn’t use it for the great majority of what you’re doing. This goes for hstore too, and the new jsonb type. These types are useful tools where they’re needed, but should not be your first choice when modelling your data in PostgreSQL, as it’ll make querying and manipulating […]

JSONB type performance in PostgreSQL 9.4

March 3, 2015/13 Comments/in Marco's PlanetPostgreSQL /by Marco Nenciarini

The 9.4 version of PostgreSQL introduces the JSONB data type, a specialised representation of the JSON data, allowing PostgreSQL to be competitive in managing the “lingua franca” of the moment for the exchange of data via web services. It is useful to perform a number of tests to verify its actual performance.

NoSQL with PostgreSQL 9.4 and JSONB

February 23, 2015/1 Comment/in Giuseppe's PlanetPostgreSQL /by 2ndQuadrant Press

The introduction of the JSONB data type in PostgreSQL, definitely makes the “NoSQL” side of this relational DBMS come out: this introduction meets the requirements of all those who prefer a data structure in a “key-value” array, dictionary style (widely used in the field of development) and, at the same time, ensures all the advantages […]