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Document strange jsonb sort order for empty top level arrays

Slightly faulty logic in the original jsonb code (commit d9134d0a35)
results in an empty top level array sorting less than a json null. We
can't change the sort order now since it would affect btree indexes over
jsonb, so document the anomaly.

Backpatch to all live branches (13 .. 17)

In master, also add a code comment noting the anomaly.

Reported-by: Yan Chengpen
Reviewed-by: Jian He

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/OSBPR01MB45199DD8DA2D1CECD50518188E272@OSBPR01MB4519.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com
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Andrew Dunstan
2025-01-03 09:23:46 -05:00
parent e28033fe1a
commit 30f0176263
2 changed files with 9 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -246,6 +246,13 @@ compareJsonbContainers(JsonbContainer *a, JsonbContainer *b)
*/
if (va.val.array.rawScalar != vb.val.array.rawScalar)
res = (va.val.array.rawScalar) ? -1 : 1;
/*
* There should be an "else" here, to prevent us from
* overriding the above, but we can't change the sort
* order now, so there is a mild anomaly that an empty
* top level array sorts less than null.
*/
if (va.val.array.nElems != vb.val.array.nElems)
res = (va.val.array.nElems > vb.val.array.nElems) ? 1 : -1;
break;