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Flattening json data in PostgreSQL
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| create or replace function create_jsonb_flat_view | |
| (table_name text, regular_columns text, json_column text) | |
| returns text language plpgsql as $$ | |
| declare | |
| cols text; | |
| begin | |
| execute format ($ex$ | |
| select string_agg(format('%2$s->>%%1$L "%%1$s"', key), ', ') | |
| from ( | |
| select distinct key | |
| from %1$s, jsonb_each(%2$s) | |
| order by 1 | |
| ) s; | |
| $ex$, table_name, json_column) | |
| into cols; | |
| execute format($ex$ | |
| drop view if exists %1$s_view; | |
| create view %1$s_view as | |
| select %2$s, %3$s from %1$s | |
| $ex$, table_name, regular_columns, cols); | |
| return cols; | |
| end $$; |
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