Add support for JSON data type

requires >= 9.2 of postgres

Author: brianc

lib/types/textParsers.js

@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ var init = function(register) {
   register(1009, parseStringArray);
   register(1186, parseInterval);
   register(17, parseByteA);
+  register(114, JSON.parse.bind(JSON));
 };
 
 module.exports = {

lib/utils.js

@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ var prepareValue = function(val) {
   if(Array.isArray(val)) {
     return arrayString(val);
   }
-  return val === null ? null : val.toString();
+  if(!val || typeof val !== 'object') {
+    return val === null ? null : val.toString();
+  }
+  return JSON.stringify(val);
 };
 
 function dateToString(date) {

test/integration/client/json-type-parsing-tests.js

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+var helper = require(__dirname + '/test-helper');
+var assert = require('assert');
+//if you want binary support, pull request me!
+if (helper.config.binary) {
+  return;
+}
+
+test('can read and write json', function() {
+  helper.pg.connect(helper.config, function(err, client, done) {
+    assert.ifError(err);
+    client.query('CREATE TEMP TABLE stuff(id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, data JSON)');
+    var value ={name: 'Brian', age: 250, alive: true, now: new Date()};
+    client.query('INSERT INTO stuff (data) VALUES ($1)', [value]);
+    client.query('SELECT * FROM stuff', assert.success(function(result) {
+      assert.equal(result.rows.length, 1);
+      assert.equal(typeof result.rows[0].data, 'object');
+      var row = result.rows[0].data;
+      assert.strictEqual(row.name, value.name);
+      assert.strictEqual(row.age, value.age);
+      assert.strictEqual(row.alive, value.alive);
+      test('row should have "now" as a date', function() {
+        return false;
+        assert(row.now instanceof Date, 'row.now should be a date instance but is ' + typeof row.now);
+      });
+      assert.equal(JSON.stringify(row.now), JSON.stringify(value.now));
+      done();
+      helper.pg.end();
+    }));
+  });
+});

test/integration/client/query-callback-error-tests.js

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var withQuery = function(text, resultLength, cb) {
     var client = new Client(helper.args);
     process.removeAllListeners('uncaughtException');
     assert.emits(process, 'uncaughtException', function() {
-      console.log('got uncaught exception')
       assert.equal(client.activeQuery, null, 'should remove active query even if error happens in callback');
       client.query('SELECT * FROM blah', assert.success(function(result) {
         assert.equal(result.rows.length, resultLength);