Loop through key/value pairs of a jsonb object in postgresql function
I am trying to create a function in Postgres that can loop through each key/value pair in a given jsonb
object.
create or replace function myFunction
(input jsonb)
returns jsonb as $$
BEGIN
// foreach(key in input)
// do some math operation on its corresponding value
returns input;
END; $$
The argument input is expected to be a jsonb object, such as {"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}
.
I want to loop through each key/value pair in the object. As you can tell from my comment, I used to write backend code with more general-purpose programming languages like c, java, etc. So I am not good at SQL. I have tried to search online, but they talk about how to loop through jsonb
array instead of object. So really stuck here.
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I am trying to create a function in Postgres that can loop through each key/value pair in a given jsonb
object.
create or replace function myFunction
(input jsonb)
returns jsonb as $$
BEGIN
// foreach(key in input)
// do some math operation on its corresponding value
returns input;
END; $$
The argument input is expected to be a jsonb object, such as {"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}
.
I want to loop through each key/value pair in the object. As you can tell from my comment, I used to write backend code with more general-purpose programming languages like c, java, etc. So I am not good at SQL. I have tried to search online, but they talk about how to loop through jsonb
array instead of object. So really stuck here.
postgresql json plpgsql
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Why the tag [sql-server]? I removed it. You only speak of Postgres ...
– Erwin Brandstetter
20 mins ago
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I am trying to create a function in Postgres that can loop through each key/value pair in a given jsonb
object.
create or replace function myFunction
(input jsonb)
returns jsonb as $$
BEGIN
// foreach(key in input)
// do some math operation on its corresponding value
returns input;
END; $$
The argument input is expected to be a jsonb object, such as {"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}
.
I want to loop through each key/value pair in the object. As you can tell from my comment, I used to write backend code with more general-purpose programming languages like c, java, etc. So I am not good at SQL. I have tried to search online, but they talk about how to loop through jsonb
array instead of object. So really stuck here.
postgresql json plpgsql
New contributor
I am trying to create a function in Postgres that can loop through each key/value pair in a given jsonb
object.
create or replace function myFunction
(input jsonb)
returns jsonb as $$
BEGIN
// foreach(key in input)
// do some math operation on its corresponding value
returns input;
END; $$
The argument input is expected to be a jsonb object, such as {"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}
.
I want to loop through each key/value pair in the object. As you can tell from my comment, I used to write backend code with more general-purpose programming languages like c, java, etc. So I am not good at SQL. I have tried to search online, but they talk about how to loop through jsonb
array instead of object. So really stuck here.
postgresql json plpgsql
postgresql json plpgsql
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Why the tag [sql-server]? I removed it. You only speak of Postgres ...
– Erwin Brandstetter
20 mins ago
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Why the tag [sql-server]? I removed it. You only speak of Postgres ...
– Erwin Brandstetter
20 mins ago
Why the tag [sql-server]? I removed it. You only speak of Postgres ...
– Erwin Brandstetter
20 mins ago
Why the tag [sql-server]? I removed it. You only speak of Postgres ...
– Erwin Brandstetter
20 mins ago
add a comment |
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Use jsonb_each(jsonb)
or jsonb_each_text(jsonb)
in a FOR
loop like:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_temp.my_function(input jsonb)
RETURNS jsonb
LANGUAGE plpgsql AS -- language declaration required
$func$
DECLARE
_key text;
_value text;
BEGIN
FOR _key, _value IN
SELECT jsonb_each_text($1)
LOOP
-- do some math operation on its corresponding value
RAISE NOTICE '%: %', _key, _value;
END LOOP;
RETURN input;
END
$func$;
Call:
SELECT pg_temp.my_function('{"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}');
Related:
- Declare variable of table type in PL/pgSQL
Note that for many problems where people used to programming languages like c, java, etc. would tend to use a loop, there is a superior set-based solution around the corner ...
Thank you for your reply! Mind if I ask what is the set-based solution? @Erwin Brandstetter
– JaneL
1 min ago
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Use jsonb_each(jsonb)
or jsonb_each_text(jsonb)
in a FOR
loop like:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_temp.my_function(input jsonb)
RETURNS jsonb
LANGUAGE plpgsql AS -- language declaration required
$func$
DECLARE
_key text;
_value text;
BEGIN
FOR _key, _value IN
SELECT jsonb_each_text($1)
LOOP
-- do some math operation on its corresponding value
RAISE NOTICE '%: %', _key, _value;
END LOOP;
RETURN input;
END
$func$;
Call:
SELECT pg_temp.my_function('{"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}');
Related:
- Declare variable of table type in PL/pgSQL
Note that for many problems where people used to programming languages like c, java, etc. would tend to use a loop, there is a superior set-based solution around the corner ...
Thank you for your reply! Mind if I ask what is the set-based solution? @Erwin Brandstetter
– JaneL
1 min ago
add a comment |
Use jsonb_each(jsonb)
or jsonb_each_text(jsonb)
in a FOR
loop like:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_temp.my_function(input jsonb)
RETURNS jsonb
LANGUAGE plpgsql AS -- language declaration required
$func$
DECLARE
_key text;
_value text;
BEGIN
FOR _key, _value IN
SELECT jsonb_each_text($1)
LOOP
-- do some math operation on its corresponding value
RAISE NOTICE '%: %', _key, _value;
END LOOP;
RETURN input;
END
$func$;
Call:
SELECT pg_temp.my_function('{"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}');
Related:
- Declare variable of table type in PL/pgSQL
Note that for many problems where people used to programming languages like c, java, etc. would tend to use a loop, there is a superior set-based solution around the corner ...
Thank you for your reply! Mind if I ask what is the set-based solution? @Erwin Brandstetter
– JaneL
1 min ago
add a comment |
Use jsonb_each(jsonb)
or jsonb_each_text(jsonb)
in a FOR
loop like:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_temp.my_function(input jsonb)
RETURNS jsonb
LANGUAGE plpgsql AS -- language declaration required
$func$
DECLARE
_key text;
_value text;
BEGIN
FOR _key, _value IN
SELECT jsonb_each_text($1)
LOOP
-- do some math operation on its corresponding value
RAISE NOTICE '%: %', _key, _value;
END LOOP;
RETURN input;
END
$func$;
Call:
SELECT pg_temp.my_function('{"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}');
Related:
- Declare variable of table type in PL/pgSQL
Note that for many problems where people used to programming languages like c, java, etc. would tend to use a loop, there is a superior set-based solution around the corner ...
Use jsonb_each(jsonb)
or jsonb_each_text(jsonb)
in a FOR
loop like:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_temp.my_function(input jsonb)
RETURNS jsonb
LANGUAGE plpgsql AS -- language declaration required
$func$
DECLARE
_key text;
_value text;
BEGIN
FOR _key, _value IN
SELECT jsonb_each_text($1)
LOOP
-- do some math operation on its corresponding value
RAISE NOTICE '%: %', _key, _value;
END LOOP;
RETURN input;
END
$func$;
Call:
SELECT pg_temp.my_function('{"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}');
Related:
- Declare variable of table type in PL/pgSQL
Note that for many problems where people used to programming languages like c, java, etc. would tend to use a loop, there is a superior set-based solution around the corner ...
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Thank you for your reply! Mind if I ask what is the set-based solution? @Erwin Brandstetter
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Thank you for your reply! Mind if I ask what is the set-based solution? @Erwin Brandstetter
– JaneL
1 min ago
Thank you for your reply! Mind if I ask what is the set-based solution? @Erwin Brandstetter
– JaneL
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Thank you for your reply! Mind if I ask what is the set-based solution? @Erwin Brandstetter
– JaneL
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Why the tag [sql-server]? I removed it. You only speak of Postgres ...
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