How do I search for a specific string in a JSON Postgres data type column?

问题

I have a column named params in a table named reports which contains JSON.

I need to find which rows contain the text 'authVar' anywhere in the JSON array. I don't know the path or level in which the text could appear.

I want to just search through the JSON with a standard like operator.

Something like:

SELECT * FROM reports
WHERE params LIKE '%authVar%'

I have searched and googled and read the Postgres docs. I don't understand the JSON data type very well, and figure I am missing something easy.

The JSON looks something like this.

[  
   {  
      "tileId":18811,
      "Params":{  
         "data":[  
            {  
               "name":"Week Ending",
               "color":"#27B5E1",
               "report":"report1",
               "locations":{  
                  "c1":0,
                  "c2":0,
                  "r1":"authVar",
                  "r2":66
               }
            }
         ]
      }
   }
]

回答1:

It is possible to recursively walk through an unknown json structure, but it would be rather complex and costly. I would propose the brute force method which should work well:

select *
from reports
where params::text like '%authVar%';
-- or 
-- where params::text like '%"authVar"%';
-- if you are looking for the exact value

The query is very fast but may return unexpected extra rows in cases when the searched string is a part of one of the keys.

In Postgres 12 the recursive searching in JSONB is pretty comfortable with the new feature of jsonpath.

Find a string value containing authVar:

select *
from reports
where jsonb_path_exists(params, '$.** ? (@.type() == "string" && @ like_regex "authVar")')

The jsonpath:

$.**                     find any value at any level (recursive processing)
?                        where
@.type() == "string"     value is string
&&                       and
@ like_regex "authVar"   value contains 'authVar'

Or find the exact value:

select *
from reports
where jsonb_path_exists(params, '$.** ? (@ == "authVar")')

Read in the documentation:

The SQL/JSON Path Language
jsonpath Type

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45849494/how-do-i-search-for-a-specific-string-in-a-json-postgres-data-type-column

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