Re: inserting json content from a file into table column

On 02/10/2016 08:01 AM, Shashank Dutt Jha wrote:

psql. PostgreSQL v9.5

A quick and dirty method:

aklaver@test=> create table json_test(id integer, json_fld jsonb);
CREATE TABLE

aklaver@test=> \e sample.json

\e opens an editor. Inside editor add INSERT statement to file:

 INSERT INTO json_test VALUES(1, '
{
    "glossary": {
        "title": "example glossary",
        "GlossDiv": {
            "title": "S",
            "GlossList": {
                "GlossEntry": {
                    "ID": "SGML",
                    "SortAs": "SGML",
                    "GlossTerm": "Standard Generalized Markup Language",
                    "Acronym": "SGML",
                    "Abbrev": "ISO 8879:1986",
                    "GlossDef": {
                        "para": "A meta-markup language, used to create markup languages such as DocBook.",
                        "GlossSeeAlso": ["GML", "XML"]
                    },
                    "GlossSee": "markup"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}');