Merging Concatenating JSON(B) columns in query

Question

Using Postgres 9.4, I am looking for a way to merge two (or more) json or jsonb columns in a query. Consider the following table as an example:

Answer 1

This function would merge nested json objects

create or replace function jsonb_merge(CurrentData jsonb,newData jsonb)
 returns jsonb
 language sql
 immutable
as $jsonb_merge_func$
 select case jsonb_typeof(CurrentData)
   when 'object' then case jsonb_typeof(newData)
     when 'object' then (
       select    jsonb_object_agg(k, case
                   when e2.v is null then e1.v
                   when e1.v is null then e2.v
                   when e1.v = e2.v then e1.v 
                   else jsonb_merge(e1.v, e2.v)
                 end)
       from      jsonb_each(CurrentData) e1(k, v)
       full join jsonb_each(newData) e2(k, v) using (k)
     )
     else newData
   end
   when 'array' then CurrentData || newData
   else newData
 end
$jsonb_merge_func$;