How do I modify fields inside the new PostgreSQL JSON datatype?

Question

With postgresql 9.3 I can SELECT specific fields of a JSON data type, but how do you modify them using UPDATE? I can\'t find any examples of this in the postgresql documenta

Answer 1

With 9.5 use jsonb_set-

UPDATE objects
SET body = jsonb_set(body, '{name}', '"Mary"', true)
WHERE id = 1; 

where body is a jsonb column type.