PostgreSQL 9.2 - Convert TEXT json string to type json/hstore

Question

I have a TEXT column containing valid JSON string.

CREATE TABLE users(settings TEXT);

INSERT INTO users VALUES (\'{\"language\":\"en\",\"gender\":\         


        

Answer 1

Adding to another comment, here is a one-liner in a query(without the need to update)

regexp_replace(trim(both '"' from settings::text), '\\"', '"', 'g')::json as column_name;