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From: Stefan Houtzager <[email protected]>
To: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-novice <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: coalesce(json_agg [..] filter where [..], '[]' in left join returning null
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 16:59:44 +0100
Message-ID: <CANJtTDk-iqkiUvLLMxCf9dgwtMZi7vhmwzSKXejgc4d9wvbMpg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Thanks David!

When I run the following in pgadmin I get the error that follows at the
bottom. Any idea how to get the query right?

select
         json_agg(
         (select row_to_json(_) from
                  (select vc.id, vc.descr, vc.expense, vc.version,
vat_percentage) as _
              )
         )
        from vat_cat vc
        left join (
            select
                vatcat_id,
                COALESCE(NULLIF(
                  json_agg(
                        (select row_to_json(_) from
                            (select vp.percentage, vp.version,
json_build_object(
                                'lower', lower(vp.validity),
                                'upper', upper(vp.validity),
                                'lower_inc', lower_inc(vp.validity),
                                'upper_inc', upper_inc(vp.validity)
                            ) validity)
                          as _)
                  ),
                'null'::json), '[]'::json) vat_percentage
            from vat_percentage vp
            group by vatcat_id
        ) vp on vc.id = vp.vatcat_id

ERROR: operator does not exist: json = json LINE 11: COALESCE(NULLIF( ^
HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument types. You might need
to add explicit type casts. SQL state: 42883 Character: 306

On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 4:10 PM David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 3:11 AM Stefan Houtzager <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>>                 COALESCE(
>>                 json_agg(
>>                        (select row_to_json(_) from
>>                            (select vp.percentage, vp.version,
>> json_build_object(
>>                                'lower', lower(vp.validity),
>>                                'upper', upper(vp.validity),
>>                                'lower_inc', lower_inc(vp.validity),
>>                                'upper_inc', upper_inc(vp.validity)
>>                            ) validity)
>>                         as _)
>>                 ) FILTER (WHERE vp.vatcat_id IS NOT NULL), '[]'::JSON)
>> vat_percentage
>> { "vat_cat": { "id": 10, "descr": "nonsense", "expense": true, "version":
>> 1, "vat_percentage": null } }
>>
>> How do I get the query right so that it display [] instead of null?
>>
>
> Use COALESCE(NULLIF(..., 'null'::json), '[]'::json); NULLIF converts the
> JSON null into SQL NULL which the COALESCE then replaces with a empty json
> array.
>
> David J.
>
>

-- 
Kind regards,

Stefan Houtzager

Houtzager ICT consultancy & development

www.linkedin.com/in/stefanhoutzager


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