Postgres JSON field

Question

I have a table

CREATE TABLE table_a
(
  id bigint NOT NULL,
  name json,
  CONSTRAINT table_a_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
)
WITH (
  OIDS=FALSE
);
ALTER TABLE table_a
  OWNER TO postgres;

Data in the table:

1;"{"ru":"Название","en":"Name"}"
2;"{"ru":"Название","en":"Name"}"

When I trying select the name

SELECT id, name->'en'::text as name from table_a;

have next results:

1;""Name""
2;""Name""

How I can select data without quotes?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The -> operator returns JSON . Try using ->> operator - it returns varchar . Something like:

SELECT id, name->>'en'::text as name from table_a;