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#-(jsonb,_text)

delete path

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

delete path

Left operand
jsonb
Right operand
_text
Result type
jsonb
Implementing function
jsonb_delete_path(jsonb,_text)
Operator kind
Binary
Hash join candidate
no
Merge join candidate
no

Usage

#-(jsonb,_text) → jsonb

English manual definition

Deletes the field or array element at the specified path, where path elements can be either field keys or array indexes.

'["a", {"b":1}]'::jsonb #- '{1,b}' → ["a", {}]

Catalog interpretation

The catalog pg_operator stores information about operators. See CREATE OPERATOR and Section 36.14 for more information.

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Documentation and source

Source build
Version
18.6
Build
https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
Source fingerprint
555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

Compare versions

PostgreSQL 17 → 18: unchanged.

Compares recorded interfaces and attributes. Source fingerprints and build metadata are excluded; an absent sample is not proof of the introduction or removal release.

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Export JSON · Back to Operators · Recorded in PostgreSQL 10 through 20; the first sample is not necessarily its introduction.