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Learning PostgreSQL

You're reading from  Learning PostgreSQL

Product type Book
Published in Nov 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783989188
Pages 464 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Learning PostgreSQL
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Relational Databases 2. PostgreSQL in Action 3. PostgreSQL Basic Building Blocks 4. PostgreSQL Advanced Building Blocks 5. SQL Language 6. Advanced Query Writing 7. Server-Side Programming with PL/pgSQL 8. PostgreSQL Security 9. The PostgreSQL System Catalog and System Administration Functions 10. Optimizing Database Performance 11. Beyond Conventional Data types 12. Testing 13. PostgreSQL JDBC 14. PostgreSQL and Hibernate Index

The PostgreSQL JSON data type


JSON is a universal data structure that is human and machine readable. JSON is supported by almost all modern programming languages, embraced as a data interchange format, and heavily used in restful web services.

JSON and XML

XML and JSON are both used to define the data structure of exchanged documents. JSON grammar is simpler than that of XML, and JSON documents are more compact. JSON is easier to read and write. On the other hand, XML can have a defined data structure enforced by the XML schema definition (XSD) schema. Both JSON and XML have different usages as exchange formats; based on personal experience, JSON is often used within the organization itself or with web services and mobile applications due to its simplicity, while XML is used to define highly structured documents and formats to guarantee interoperability with data exchange between different organizations. For example, several Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards, such as web map services...

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