Re: row_to_json bug with index only scans: empty keys!

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> I wrote:
>> Attached are patches meant for HEAD and 9.2-9.4 respectively.
>
> BTW, has anyone got an opinion about whether to stick the full fix into
> 9.4?  The argument for, of course, is that we'd get the full fix out to
> the public a year sooner.  The argument against is that someone might
> have already done compatibility testing of their application against
> 9.4 betas, and then get blindsided if we change this before release.
>
> I'm inclined to think that since we expect json/jsonb usage to really
> take off with 9.4, it might be better if we get row_to_json behaving
> unsurprisingly now.  But I'm not dead set on it.

I think we should put the full fix in 9.4.

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