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FUNCTIONS / JSON FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

jsonb_build_array

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Builds a possibly-heterogeneously-typed JSON array out of a variadic argument list.

Signatures & examples

jsonb_build_array ( VARIADIC "any" ) → jsonb
Builds a possibly-heterogeneously-typed JSON array out of a variadic argument list. Each argument is converted as per to_json or to_jsonb.
json_build_array(1, 2, 'foo', 4, 5) → [1, 2, "foo", 4, 5]
Version history 2
  1. PG 12 → 13changed
  2. PG 9.4 → 9.5added

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