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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 17:32:41 +0100
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Thanks again David. I am very novice, and tried the following which does
not give an error but returns null instead of []
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 _)
                  )::text,
                'null'::text), '[]'::text) vat_percentage
            from vat_percentage vp
            group by vatcat_id

        ) vp on vc.id = vp.vatcat_id

On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 5:10 PM David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 8:59 AM Stefan Houtzager <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
> Right, json doesn't implement equality.  You will need to cast to and
> compare text values.
>
> David J.
>
>

-- 
Kind regards,

Stefan Houtzager

Houtzager ICT consultancy & development

www.linkedin.com/in/stefanhoutzager


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