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Subject: Re: json_populate_* functions have extra undocumented parameter
From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:16:00 +0100
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> On 23 Mar 2018, at 03:50, PG Doc comments form =
<noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
>=20
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>=20
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/functions-json.html
> Description:
>=20
> The json_populate_record and json_populate_recordset functions have an =
extra
> optional undocumented boolean parameter. According to
> =
https://w3resource.com/PostgreSQL/postgresql-json-functions-and-operators.=
php
> the extra parameter is called "use_json_as_text=E2=80=9D.

The use_json_as_text parameter was removed in commit a749a23d7af4db, the
definitions that remain in system_views.sql is for legacy compatibility =
with
9.3 which exposed this API.  The PostgreSQL documentation is thus =
correct.

cheers ./daniel=