jsonb_plperl

Extensions

jsonb_plperl

plperl : transform between jsonb and plperl

Overview

ID	Extension	Package	Version	Category	License	Language
3263	jsonb_plperl	plperl	`1.0`	LANG	PostgreSQL	C

Attribute	Has Binary	Has Library	Need Load	Has DDL	Relocatable	Trusted
----dt-	No	No	No	Yes	no	yes

Relationships
Requires	plperl
See Also	jsquery jsonb_plperlu jsonb_plpython3u pg_jsonschema plperlu plpgsql
Siblings	plperl bool_plperl hstore_plperl

Packages

PG18	PG17	PG16	PG15	PG14
1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

This is a built-in contrib extension ship with the PostgreSQL kernel

Install

Create this extension with:

CREATE EXTENSION jsonb_plperl CASCADE; -- requires plperl

Usage

jsonb_plperl: Transform between jsonb and PL/Perl

Provides a transform for the jsonb type for PL/Perl. When loaded, jsonb values are automatically converted to Perl data structures (hashes, arrays, scalars) and vice versa.

CREATE EXTENSION jsonb_plperl;

CREATE FUNCTION jsonb_keys_sorted(val jsonb) RETURNS text
LANGUAGE plperl TRANSFORM FOR TYPE jsonb AS $$
  # val is now a Perl hash/array reference
  return join(', ', sort keys %$val);
$$;

CREATE FUNCTION build_jsonb(name text, age integer) RETURNS jsonb
LANGUAGE plperl TRANSFORM FOR TYPE jsonb AS $$
  my ($name, $age) = @_;
  return { name => $name, age => $age };
$$;

SELECT jsonb_keys_sorted('{"b": 2, "a": 1, "c": 3}'::jsonb);
SELECT build_jsonb('Alice', 30);

Last updated on 2026-03-24

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