<row>
<entry><literal>@></literal></entry>
<entry><type>jsonb</type></entry>
- <entry>Does the left JSON value contain within it the right value?</entry>
+ <entry>Does the left JSON value contain the right JSON
+ path/value entries at the top level?</entry>
<entry><literal>'{"a":1, "b":2}'::jsonb @> '{"b":2}'::jsonb</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal><@</literal></entry>
<entry><type>jsonb</type></entry>
- <entry>Is the left JSON value contained within the right value?</entry>
+ <entry>Are the left JSON path/value entries contained at the top level within
+ the right JSON value?</entry>
<entry><literal>'{"b":2}'::jsonb <@ '{"a":1, "b":2}'::jsonb</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>?</literal></entry>
<entry><type>text</type></entry>
- <entry>Does the key/element <emphasis>string</emphasis> exist within
- the JSON value?</entry>
+ <entry>Does the <emphasis>string</emphasis> exist as a top-level
+ key within the JSON value?</entry>
<entry><literal>'{"a":1, "b":2}'::jsonb ? 'b'</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>?|</literal></entry>
<entry><type>text[]</type></entry>
- <entry>Do any of these key/element <emphasis>strings</emphasis> exist?</entry>
+ <entry>Do any of these array <emphasis>strings</emphasis>
+ exist as top-level keys?</entry>
<entry><literal>'{"a":1, "b":2, "c":3}'::jsonb ?| array['b', 'c']</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>?&</literal></entry>
<entry><type>text[]</type></entry>
- <entry>Do all of these key/element <emphasis>strings</emphasis> exist?</entry>
+ <entry>Do all of these array <emphasis>strings</emphasis> exist
+ as top-level keys?</entry>
<entry><literal>'["a", "b"]'::jsonb ?& array['a', 'b']</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
</para>
<para>
The default GIN operator class for <type>jsonb</> supports queries with
- the <literal>@></>, <literal>?</>, <literal>?&</>
- and <literal>?|</> operators.
+ top-level key-exists operators <literal>?</>, <literal>?&</>
+ and <literal>?|</> operators and path/value-exists operator
+ <literal>@></>.
(For details of the semantics that these operators
implement, see <xref linkend="functions-jsonb-op-table">.)
An example of creating an index with this operator class is:
DATA(insert OID = 3246 ( "@>" PGNSP PGUID b f f 3802 3802 16 3250 0 jsonb_contains contsel contjoinsel ));
DESCR("contains");
DATA(insert OID = 3247 ( "?" PGNSP PGUID b f f 3802 25 16 0 0 jsonb_exists contsel contjoinsel ));
-DESCR("exists");
+DESCR("key exists");
DATA(insert OID = 3248 ( "?|" PGNSP PGUID b f f 3802 1009 16 0 0 jsonb_exists_any contsel contjoinsel ));
-DESCR("exists any");
+DESCR("any key exists");
DATA(insert OID = 3249 ( "?&" PGNSP PGUID b f f 3802 1009 16 0 0 jsonb_exists_all contsel contjoinsel ));
-DESCR("exists all");
+DESCR("all keys exist");
DATA(insert OID = 3250 ( "<@" PGNSP PGUID b f f 3802 3802 16 3246 0 jsonb_contained contsel contjoinsel ));
DESCR("is contained by");
DATA(insert OID = 3284 ( "||" PGNSP PGUID b f f 3802 3802 3802 0 0 jsonb_concat - - ));