I have below tables
x
CREATE TABLE employee(id serial PRIMARY KEY,employee jsonb);
CREATE TABLE perks_details(id serial PRIMARY KEY,details jsonb);
insert into employee(employee) values
('{"name": "name1",
"perks": [
{"id": 123, "valid_from": "T23:28:56.782Z"},
{"id": 456, "valid_from": "T23:28:56.782Z"},
{"id": 789, "valid_from": "T23:28:56.782Z"}
]
}');
insert into perks_details(details) values('{"id":123,"detail1":"lorem","detail2":"lorem"}');
insert into perks_details(details) values('{"id":123,"detail3":"lorem","detail4":"lorem"}');
insert into perks_details(details) values('{"id":456,"detail5":"lorem","detail6":"lorem"}');
How to write select query from employee
left join perks_details
on perks id with id in perks_details table and aggregate functions so my result data looks like:
{
"name": "name1",
"perks": [
{
"id": 123,
"valid_from": "T23:28:56.782Z",
"details": [
{
"id": 123,
"detail1": "lorem",
"detail2": "lorem"
},
{
"id": 123,
"detail3": "lorem",
"detail4": "lorem"
}
]
},
{
"id": 456,
"valid_from": "T23:28:56.782Z",
"details": [
{
"id": 456,
"detail5": "lorem",
"detail6": "lorem"
}
]
},
{
"id": 789,
"valid_from": "T23:28:56.782Z",
"details": []
}
]
}
I tried multiple variations and couldn’t get near to a working query. Please advise/assist me here.
UPDATE I have this query with left join but the results are not what I expected
select e.id, perk, perks_details.details
from employee AS e, jsonb_array_elements(employee->'perks') perk
LEFT JOIN perks_details on perks_details.details -> 'id' = perk->'id'
group by e.id, perk.value, perks_details.details;
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Answer
Hi you can do it in this way:
with cte as (
select t1.employee->>'name' "name",
t2.id, t2.valid_from, json_agg(t3.details) "details"
from employee t1
cross join lateral jsonb_to_recordset(employee->'perks') as t2(id int,valid_from time)
left join perks_details t3 on t2.id::text=t3.details->>'id'
group by 1,2,3
)
select row_to_json(t) from (
select
name,
json_agg(jsonb_build_object('id',id,'valid_from',valid_from,'details',details)) "perks"
from cte group by name
) t