Common SQL/JSON clauses

This introduces some of the building blocks used by the SQL/JSON
constructor and query functions. Specifically, it provides node
executor and grammar support for the FORMAT JSON [ENCODING foo]
clause, and values decorated with it, and for the RETURNING clause.

The following SQL/JSON patches will leverage these.

Nikita Glukhov (who probably deserves an award for perseverance).

Reviewers have included (in no particular order) Andres Freund, Alexander
Korotkov, Pavel Stehule, Andrew Alsup, Erik Rijkers, Zihong Yu,
Himanshu Upadhyaya, Daniel Gustafsson, Justin Pryzby.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/cd0bb935-0158-78a7-08b5-904886deac4b@postgrespro.ru

src/backend/executor/execExpr.c

@@ -2428,6 +2428,28 @@ ExecInitExprRec(Expr *node, ExprState *state,
 				break;
 			}
 
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			{
+				JsonValueExpr *jve = (JsonValueExpr *) node;
+
+				ExecInitExprRec(jve->raw_expr, state, resv, resnull);
+
+				if (jve->formatted_expr)
+				{
+					Datum	   *innermost_caseval = state->innermost_caseval;
+					bool	   *innermost_isnull = state->innermost_casenull;
+
+					state->innermost_caseval = resv;
+					state->innermost_casenull = resnull;
+
+					ExecInitExprRec(jve->formatted_expr, state, resv, resnull);
+
+					state->innermost_caseval = innermost_caseval;
+					state->innermost_casenull = innermost_isnull;
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized node type: %d",
 				 (int) nodeTag(node));

src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c

@@ -2298,6 +2298,52 @@ _copyOnConflictExpr(const OnConflictExpr *from)
 	return newnode;
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * _copyJsonFormat
+ */
+static JsonFormat *
+_copyJsonFormat(const JsonFormat *from)
+{
+	JsonFormat *newnode = makeNode(JsonFormat);
+
+	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(format_type);
+	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(encoding);
+	COPY_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
+
+	return newnode;
+}
+
+/*
+ * _copyJsonReturning
+ */
+static JsonReturning *
+_copyJsonReturning(const JsonReturning *from)
+{
+	JsonReturning *newnode = makeNode(JsonReturning);
+
+	COPY_NODE_FIELD(format);
+	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(typid);
+	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(typmod);
+
+	return newnode;
+}
+
+/*
+ * _copyJsonValueExpr
+ */
+static JsonValueExpr *
+_copyJsonValueExpr(const JsonValueExpr *from)
+{
+	JsonValueExpr  *newnode = makeNode(JsonValueExpr);
+
+	COPY_NODE_FIELD(raw_expr);
+	COPY_NODE_FIELD(formatted_expr);
+	COPY_NODE_FIELD(format);
+
+	return newnode;
+}
+
 /* ****************************************************************
  *						pathnodes.h copy functions
  *
@@ -5351,6 +5397,15 @@ copyObjectImpl(const void *from)
 		case T_OnConflictExpr:
 			retval = _copyOnConflictExpr(from);
 			break;
+		case T_JsonFormat:
+			retval = _copyJsonFormat(from);
+			break;
+		case T_JsonReturning:
+			retval = _copyJsonReturning(from);
+			break;
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			retval = _copyJsonValueExpr(from);
+			break;
 
 			/*
 			 * RELATION NODES

src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c

@@ -841,6 +841,36 @@ _equalOnConflictExpr(const OnConflictExpr *a, const OnConflictExpr *b)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool
+_equalJsonFormat(const JsonFormat *a, const JsonFormat *b)
+{
+	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(format_type);
+	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(encoding);
+	COMPARE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool
+_equalJsonReturning(const JsonReturning *a, const JsonReturning *b)
+{
+	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(format);
+	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(typid);
+	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(typmod);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool
+_equalJsonValueExpr(const JsonValueExpr *a, const JsonValueExpr *b)
+{
+	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(raw_expr);
+	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(formatted_expr);
+	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(format);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * Stuff from pathnodes.h
  */
@@ -3359,6 +3389,15 @@ equal(const void *a, const void *b)
 		case T_JoinExpr:
 			retval = _equalJoinExpr(a, b);
 			break;
+		case T_JsonFormat:
+			retval = _equalJsonFormat(a, b);
+			break;
+		case T_JsonReturning:
+			retval = _equalJsonReturning(a, b);
+			break;
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			retval = _equalJsonValueExpr(a, b);
+			break;
 
 			/*
 			 * RELATION NODES

src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "nodes/nodeFuncs.h"
+#include "utils/errcodes.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 
 
@@ -818,3 +819,56 @@ makeVacuumRelation(RangeVar *relation, Oid oid, List *va_cols)
 	v->va_cols = va_cols;
 	return v;
 }
+
+/*
+ * makeJsonFormat -
+ *	  creates a JsonFormat node
+ */
+JsonFormat *
+makeJsonFormat(JsonFormatType type, JsonEncoding encoding, int location)
+{
+	JsonFormat *jf = makeNode(JsonFormat);
+
+	jf->format_type = type;
+	jf->encoding = encoding;
+	jf->location = location;
+
+	return jf;
+}
+
+/*
+ * makeJsonValueExpr -
+ *	  creates a JsonValueExpr node
+ */
+JsonValueExpr *
+makeJsonValueExpr(Expr *expr, JsonFormat *format)
+{
+	JsonValueExpr *jve = makeNode(JsonValueExpr);
+
+	jve->raw_expr = expr;
+	jve->formatted_expr = NULL;
+	jve->format = format;
+
+	return jve;
+}
+
+/*
+ * makeJsonEncoding -
+ *	  converts JSON encoding name to enum JsonEncoding
+ */
+JsonEncoding
+makeJsonEncoding(char *name)
+{
+	if (!pg_strcasecmp(name, "utf8"))
+		return JS_ENC_UTF8;
+	if (!pg_strcasecmp(name, "utf16"))
+		return JS_ENC_UTF16;
+	if (!pg_strcasecmp(name, "utf32"))
+		return JS_ENC_UTF32;
+
+	ereport(ERROR,
+			(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+			 errmsg("unrecognized JSON encoding: %s", name)));
+
+	return JS_ENC_DEFAULT;
+}

src/backend/nodes/nodeFuncs.c

@@ -250,6 +250,13 @@ exprType(const Node *expr)
 		case T_PlaceHolderVar:
 			type = exprType((Node *) ((const PlaceHolderVar *) expr)->phexpr);
 			break;
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			{
+				const JsonValueExpr *jve = (const JsonValueExpr *) expr;
+
+				type = exprType((Node *) (jve->formatted_expr ? jve->formatted_expr : jve->raw_expr));
+			}
+			break;
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized node type: %d", (int) nodeTag(expr));
 			type = InvalidOid;	/* keep compiler quiet */
@@ -482,6 +489,8 @@ exprTypmod(const Node *expr)
 			return ((const SetToDefault *) expr)->typeMod;
 		case T_PlaceHolderVar:
 			return exprTypmod((Node *) ((const PlaceHolderVar *) expr)->phexpr);
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			return exprTypmod((Node *) ((const JsonValueExpr *) expr)->formatted_expr);
 		default:
 			break;
 	}
@@ -958,6 +967,9 @@ exprCollation(const Node *expr)
 		case T_PlaceHolderVar:
 			coll = exprCollation((Node *) ((const PlaceHolderVar *) expr)->phexpr);
 			break;
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			coll = exprCollation((Node *) ((const JsonValueExpr *) expr)->formatted_expr);
+			break;
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized node type: %d", (int) nodeTag(expr));
 			coll = InvalidOid;	/* keep compiler quiet */
@@ -1170,6 +1182,10 @@ exprSetCollation(Node *expr, Oid collation)
 			/* NextValueExpr's result is an integer type ... */
 			Assert(!OidIsValid(collation)); /* ... so never set a collation */
 			break;
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			exprSetCollation((Node *) ((JsonValueExpr *) expr)->formatted_expr,
+							 collation);
+			break;
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized node type: %d", (int) nodeTag(expr));
 			break;
@@ -1616,6 +1632,9 @@ exprLocation(const Node *expr)
 		case T_PartitionRangeDatum:
 			loc = ((const PartitionRangeDatum *) expr)->location;
 			break;
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			loc = exprLocation((Node *) ((const JsonValueExpr *) expr)->raw_expr);
+			break;
 		default:
 			/* for any other node type it's just unknown... */
 			loc = -1;
@@ -2350,6 +2369,16 @@ expression_tree_walker(Node *node,
 					return true;
 			}
 			break;
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			{
+				JsonValueExpr *jve = (JsonValueExpr *) node;
+
+				if (walker(jve->raw_expr, context))
+					return true;
+				if (walker(jve->formatted_expr, context))
+					return true;
+			}
+			break;
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized node type: %d",
 				 (int) nodeTag(node));
@@ -2680,6 +2709,7 @@ expression_tree_mutator(Node *node,
 		case T_RangeTblRef:
 		case T_SortGroupClause:
 		case T_CTESearchClause:
+		case T_JsonFormat:
 			return (Node *) copyObject(node);
 		case T_WithCheckOption:
 			{
@@ -3311,6 +3341,28 @@ expression_tree_mutator(Node *node,
 				return (Node *) newnode;
 			}
 			break;
+		case T_JsonReturning:
+			{
+				JsonReturning *jr = (JsonReturning *) node;
+				JsonReturning *newnode;
+
+				FLATCOPY(newnode, jr, JsonReturning);
+				MUTATE(newnode->format, jr->format, JsonFormat *);
+
+				return (Node *) newnode;
+			}
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			{
+				JsonValueExpr *jve = (JsonValueExpr *) node;
+				JsonValueExpr *newnode;
+
+				FLATCOPY(newnode, jve, JsonValueExpr);
+				MUTATE(newnode->raw_expr, jve->raw_expr, Expr *);
+				MUTATE(newnode->formatted_expr, jve->formatted_expr, Expr *);
+				MUTATE(newnode->format, jve->format, JsonFormat *);
+
+				return (Node *) newnode;
+			}
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized node type: %d",
 				 (int) nodeTag(node));
@@ -4019,6 +4071,20 @@ raw_expression_tree_walker(Node *node,
 		case T_CommonTableExpr:
 			/* search_clause and cycle_clause are not interesting here */
 			return walker(((CommonTableExpr *) node)->ctequery, context);
+		case T_JsonReturning:
+			return walker(((JsonReturning *) node)->format, context);
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			{
+				JsonValueExpr *jve = (JsonValueExpr *) node;
+
+				if (walker(jve->raw_expr, context))
+					return true;
+				if (walker(jve->formatted_expr, context))
+					return true;
+				if (walker(jve->format, context))
+					return true;
+			}
+			break;
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized node type: %d",
 				 (int) nodeTag(node));

src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c

@@ -1751,6 +1751,36 @@ _outOnConflictExpr(StringInfo str, const OnConflictExpr *node)
 	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(exclRelTlist);
 }
 
+static void
+_outJsonFormat(StringInfo str, const JsonFormat *node)
+{
+	WRITE_NODE_TYPE("JSONFORMAT");
+
+	WRITE_ENUM_FIELD(format_type, JsonFormatType);
+	WRITE_ENUM_FIELD(encoding, JsonEncoding);
+	WRITE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
+}
+
+static void
+_outJsonReturning(StringInfo str, const JsonReturning *node)
+{
+	WRITE_NODE_TYPE("JSONRETURNING");
+
+	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(format);
+	WRITE_OID_FIELD(typid);
+	WRITE_INT_FIELD(typmod);
+}
+
+static void
+_outJsonValueExpr(StringInfo str, const JsonValueExpr *node)
+{
+	WRITE_NODE_TYPE("JSONVALUEEXPR");
+
+	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(raw_expr);
+	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(formatted_expr);
+	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(format);
+}
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
  *	Stuff from pathnodes.h.
@@ -4537,6 +4567,15 @@ outNode(StringInfo str, const void *obj)
 			case T_PartitionRangeDatum:
 				_outPartitionRangeDatum(str, obj);
 				break;
+			case T_JsonFormat:
+				_outJsonFormat(str, obj);
+				break;
+			case T_JsonReturning:
+				_outJsonReturning(str, obj);
+				break;
+			case T_JsonValueExpr:
+				_outJsonValueExpr(str, obj);
+				break;
 
 			default:
 

src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c

@@ -1389,6 +1389,51 @@ _readOnConflictExpr(void)
 	READ_DONE();
 }
 
+/*
+ * _readJsonFormat
+ */
+static JsonFormat *
+_readJsonFormat(void)
+{
+	READ_LOCALS(JsonFormat);
+
+	READ_ENUM_FIELD(format_type, JsonFormatType);
+	READ_ENUM_FIELD(encoding, JsonEncoding);
+	READ_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
+
+	READ_DONE();
+}
+
+/*
+ * _readJsonReturning
+ */
+static JsonReturning *
+_readJsonReturning(void)
+{
+	READ_LOCALS(JsonReturning);
+
+	READ_NODE_FIELD(format);
+	READ_OID_FIELD(typid);
+	READ_INT_FIELD(typmod);
+
+	READ_DONE();
+}
+
+/*
+ * _readJsonValueExpr
+ */
+static JsonValueExpr *
+_readJsonValueExpr(void)
+{
+	READ_LOCALS(JsonValueExpr);
+
+	READ_NODE_FIELD(raw_expr);
+	READ_NODE_FIELD(formatted_expr);
+	READ_NODE_FIELD(format);
+
+	READ_DONE();
+}
+
 /*
  *	Stuff from pathnodes.h.
  *
@@ -2974,6 +3019,12 @@ parseNodeString(void)
 		return_value = _readPartitionBoundSpec();
 	else if (MATCH("PARTITIONRANGEDATUM", 19))
 		return_value = _readPartitionRangeDatum();
+	else if (MATCH("JSONFORMAT", 10))
+		return_value = _readJsonFormat();
+	else if (MATCH("JSONRETURNING", 13))
+		return_value = _readJsonReturning();
+	else if (MATCH("JSONVALUEEXPR", 13))
+		return_value = _readJsonValueExpr();
 	else
 	{
 		elog(ERROR, "badly formatted node string \"%.32s\"...", token);

src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c

@@ -3512,6 +3512,29 @@ eval_const_expressions_mutator(Node *node,
 					return ece_evaluate_expr((Node *) newcre);
 				return (Node *) newcre;
 			}
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			{
+				JsonValueExpr *jve = (JsonValueExpr *) node;
+				Node	   *raw = eval_const_expressions_mutator((Node *) jve->raw_expr,
+																 context);
+
+				if (raw && IsA(raw, Const))
+				{
+					Node	   *formatted;
+					Node	   *save_case_val = context->case_val;
+
+					context->case_val = raw;
+
+					formatted = eval_const_expressions_mutator((Node *) jve->formatted_expr,
+																context);
+
+					context->case_val = save_case_val;
+
+					if (formatted && IsA(formatted, Const))
+						return formatted;
+				}
+				break;
+			}
 		default:
 			break;
 	}

src/backend/parser/gram.y

@@ -636,6 +636,14 @@ static Node *makeRecursiveViewSelect(char *relname, List *aliases, Node *query);
 %type <defelt>		hash_partbound_elem
 
 
+%type <node>		json_format_clause_opt
+					json_representation
+					json_value_expr
+					json_output_clause_opt
+
+%type <ival>		json_encoding
+					json_encoding_clause_opt
+
 /*
  * Non-keyword token types.  These are hard-wired into the "flex" lexer.
  * They must be listed first so that their numeric codes do not depend on
@@ -687,7 +695,7 @@ static Node *makeRecursiveViewSelect(char *relname, List *aliases, Node *query);
 	EXTENSION EXTERNAL EXTRACT
 
 	FALSE_P FAMILY FETCH FILTER FINALIZE FIRST_P FLOAT_P FOLLOWING FOR
-	FORCE FOREIGN FORWARD FREEZE FROM FULL FUNCTION FUNCTIONS
+	FORCE FOREIGN FORMAT FORWARD FREEZE FROM FULL FUNCTION FUNCTIONS
 
 	GENERATED GLOBAL GRANT GRANTED GREATEST GROUP_P GROUPING GROUPS
 
@@ -698,7 +706,7 @@ static Node *makeRecursiveViewSelect(char *relname, List *aliases, Node *query);
 	INNER_P INOUT INPUT_P INSENSITIVE INSERT INSTEAD INT_P INTEGER
 	INTERSECT INTERVAL INTO INVOKER IS ISNULL ISOLATION
 
-	JOIN
+	JOIN JSON
 
 	KEY
 
@@ -782,6 +790,7 @@ static Node *makeRecursiveViewSelect(char *relname, List *aliases, Node *query);
 
 /* Precedence: lowest to highest */
 %nonassoc	SET				/* see relation_expr_opt_alias */
+%right		FORMAT
 %left		UNION EXCEPT
 %left		INTERSECT
 %left		OR
@@ -15269,6 +15278,54 @@ opt_asymmetric: ASYMMETRIC
 			| /*EMPTY*/
 		;
 
+/* SQL/JSON support */
+
+json_value_expr:
+			a_expr json_format_clause_opt
+			{
+				$$ = (Node *) makeJsonValueExpr((Expr *) $1, $2);
+			}
+		;
+
+json_format_clause_opt:
+			FORMAT json_representation
+				{
+					$$ = $2;
+					$$.location = @1;
+				}
+			| /* EMPTY */
+				{
+					$$ = (Node *) makeJsonFormat(JS_FORMAT_DEFAULT, JS_ENC_DEFAULT, -1);
+				}
+		;
+
+json_representation:
+			JSON json_encoding_clause_opt
+				{
+					$$ = (Node *) makeJsonFormat(JS_FORMAT_JSON, $2, @1);
+				}
+		/*	| other implementation defined JSON representation options (BSON, AVRO etc) */
+		;
+
+json_encoding_clause_opt:
+			ENCODING json_encoding					{ $$ = $2; }
+			| /* EMPTY */							{ $$ = JS_ENC_DEFAULT; }
+		;
+
+json_encoding:
+			name									{ $$ = makeJsonEncoding($1); }
+		;
+
+json_output_clause_opt:
+			RETURNING Typename json_format_clause_opt
+				{
+					JsonOutput *n = makeNode(JsonOutput);
+					n->typeName = $2;
+					n->returning.format = $3;
+					$$ = (Node *) n;
+				}
+			| /* EMPTY */							{ $$ = NULL; }
+		;
 
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
@@ -15810,6 +15867,7 @@ unreserved_keyword:
 			| FIRST_P
 			| FOLLOWING
 			| FORCE
+			| FORMAT
 			| FORWARD
 			| FUNCTION
 			| FUNCTIONS
@@ -15841,6 +15899,7 @@ unreserved_keyword:
 			| INSTEAD
 			| INVOKER
 			| ISOLATION
+			| JSON
 			| KEY
 			| LABEL
 			| LANGUAGE
@@ -16357,6 +16416,7 @@ bare_label_keyword:
 			| FOLLOWING
 			| FORCE
 			| FOREIGN
+			| FORMAT
 			| FORWARD
 			| FREEZE
 			| FULL
@@ -16401,6 +16461,7 @@ bare_label_keyword:
 			| IS
 			| ISOLATION
 			| JOIN
+			| JSON
 			| KEY
 			| LABEL
 			| LANGUAGE

src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "parser/parse_type.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/date.h"
+#include "utils/fmgroids.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 #include "utils/xml.h"
@@ -3099,3 +3100,183 @@ ParseExprKindName(ParseExprKind exprKind)
 	}
 	return "unrecognized expression kind";
 }
+
+/*
+ * Make string Const node from JSON encoding name.
+ *
+ * UTF8 is default encoding.
+ */
+static Const *
+getJsonEncodingConst(JsonFormat *format)
+{
+	JsonEncoding encoding;
+	const char *enc;
+	Name		encname = palloc(sizeof(NameData));
+
+	if (!format ||
+		format->format_type == JS_FORMAT_DEFAULT ||
+		format->encoding == JS_ENC_DEFAULT)
+		encoding = JS_ENC_UTF8;
+	else
+		encoding = format->encoding;
+
+	switch (encoding)
+	{
+		case JS_ENC_UTF16:
+			enc = "UTF16";
+			break;
+		case JS_ENC_UTF32:
+			enc = "UTF32";
+			break;
+		case JS_ENC_UTF8:
+			enc = "UTF8";
+			break;
+		default:
+			elog(ERROR, "invalid JSON encoding: %d", encoding);
+			break;
+	}
+
+	namestrcpy(encname, enc);
+
+	return makeConst(NAMEOID, -1, InvalidOid, NAMEDATALEN,
+					 NameGetDatum(encname), false, false);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Make bytea => text conversion using specified JSON format encoding.
+ */
+static Node *
+makeJsonByteaToTextConversion(Node *expr, JsonFormat *format, int location)
+{
+	Const	   *encoding = getJsonEncodingConst(format);
+	FuncExpr   *fexpr = makeFuncExpr(F_CONVERT_FROM, TEXTOID,
+									 list_make2(expr, encoding),
+									 InvalidOid, InvalidOid,
+									 COERCE_EXPLICIT_CALL);
+
+	fexpr->location = location;
+
+	return (Node *) fexpr;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Make CaseTestExpr node.
+ */
+static Node *
+makeCaseTestExpr(Node *expr)
+{
+	CaseTestExpr *placeholder = makeNode(CaseTestExpr);
+
+	placeholder->typeId = exprType(expr);
+	placeholder->typeMod = exprTypmod(expr);
+	placeholder->collation = exprCollation(expr);
+
+	return (Node *) placeholder;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Transform JSON value expression using specified input JSON format or
+ * default format otherwise.
+ */
+static Node *
+transformJsonValueExpr(ParseState *pstate, JsonValueExpr *ve,
+					   JsonFormatType default_format)
+{
+	Node	   *expr = transformExprRecurse(pstate, (Node *) ve->raw_expr);
+	Node	   *rawexpr;
+	JsonFormatType format;
+	Oid			exprtype;
+	int			location;
+	char		typcategory;
+	bool		typispreferred;
+
+	if (exprType(expr) == UNKNOWNOID)
+		expr = coerce_to_specific_type(pstate, expr, TEXTOID, "JSON_VALUE_EXPR");
+
+	rawexpr = expr;
+	exprtype = exprType(expr);
+	location = exprLocation(expr);
+
+	get_type_category_preferred(exprtype, &typcategory, &typispreferred);
+
+	if (ve->format->format_type != JS_FORMAT_DEFAULT)
+	{
+		if (ve->format->encoding != JS_ENC_DEFAULT && exprtype != BYTEAOID)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+					 errmsg("JSON ENCODING clause is only allowed for bytea input type"),
+					 parser_errposition(pstate, ve->format->location)));
+
+		if (exprtype == JSONOID || exprtype == JSONBOID)
+		{
+			format = JS_FORMAT_DEFAULT;	/* do not format json[b] types */
+			ereport(WARNING,
+					(errmsg("FORMAT JSON has no effect for json and jsonb types"),
+					 parser_errposition(pstate, ve->format->location)));
+		}
+		else
+			format = ve->format->format_type;
+	}
+	else if (exprtype == JSONOID || exprtype == JSONBOID)
+		format = JS_FORMAT_DEFAULT;	/* do not format json[b] types */
+	else
+		format = default_format;
+
+	if (format != JS_FORMAT_DEFAULT)
+	{
+		Oid			targettype = format == JS_FORMAT_JSONB ? JSONBOID : JSONOID;
+		Node	   *orig = makeCaseTestExpr(expr);
+		Node	   *coerced;
+
+		expr = orig;
+
+		if (exprtype != BYTEAOID && typcategory != TYPCATEGORY_STRING)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+					 errmsg(ve->format->format_type == JS_FORMAT_DEFAULT ?
+							"cannot use non-string types with implicit FORMAT JSON clause" :
+							"cannot use non-string types with explicit FORMAT JSON clause"),
+					 parser_errposition(pstate, ve->format->location >= 0 ?
+										ve->format->location : location)));
+
+		/* Convert encoded JSON text from bytea. */
+		if (format == JS_FORMAT_JSON && exprtype == BYTEAOID)
+		{
+			expr = makeJsonByteaToTextConversion(expr, ve->format, location);
+			exprtype = TEXTOID;
+		}
+
+		/* Try to coerce to the target type. */
+		coerced = coerce_to_target_type(pstate, expr, exprtype,
+										targettype, -1,
+										COERCION_EXPLICIT,
+										COERCE_EXPLICIT_CAST,
+										location);
+
+		if (!coerced)
+		{
+			/* If coercion failed, use to_json()/to_jsonb() functions. */
+			Oid			fnoid = targettype == JSONOID ? F_TO_JSON : F_TO_JSONB;
+			FuncExpr   *fexpr = makeFuncExpr(fnoid, targettype,
+											 list_make1(expr),
+											 InvalidOid, InvalidOid,
+											 COERCE_EXPLICIT_CALL);
+			fexpr->location = location;
+
+			coerced = (Node *) fexpr;
+		}
+
+		if (coerced == orig)
+			expr = rawexpr;
+		else
+		{
+			ve = copyObject(ve);
+			ve->raw_expr = (Expr *) rawexpr;
+			ve->formatted_expr = (Expr *) coerced;
+
+			expr = (Node *) ve;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return expr;
+}

src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c

@@ -8266,6 +8266,11 @@ isSimpleNode(Node *node, Node *parentNode, int prettyFlags)
 					return false;
 			}
 
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			/* maybe simple, check args */
+			return isSimpleNode((Node *) ((JsonValueExpr *) node)->raw_expr,
+								node, prettyFlags);
+
 		default:
 			break;
 	}
@@ -8371,6 +8376,48 @@ get_rule_expr_paren(Node *node, deparse_context *context,
 		appendStringInfoChar(context->buf, ')');
 }
 
+/*
+ * get_json_format			- Parse back a JsonFormat node
+ */
+static void
+get_json_format(JsonFormat *format, deparse_context *context)
+{
+	if (format->format_type == JS_FORMAT_DEFAULT)
+		return;
+
+	appendStringInfoString(context->buf,
+						   format->format_type == JS_FORMAT_JSONB ?
+						   " FORMAT JSONB" : " FORMAT JSON");
+
+	if (format->encoding != JS_ENC_DEFAULT)
+	{
+		const char *encoding =
+			format->encoding == JS_ENC_UTF16 ? "UTF16" :
+			format->encoding == JS_ENC_UTF32 ? "UTF32" : "UTF8";
+
+		appendStringInfo(context->buf, " ENCODING %s", encoding);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * get_json_returning		- Parse back a JsonReturning structure
+ */
+static void
+get_json_returning(JsonReturning *returning, deparse_context *context,
+				   bool json_format_by_default)
+{
+	if (!OidIsValid(returning->typid))
+		return;
+
+	appendStringInfo(context->buf, " RETURNING %s",
+					 format_type_with_typemod(returning->typid,
+											  returning->typmod));
+
+	if (!json_format_by_default ||
+		returning->format->format_type !=
+			(returning->typid == JSONBOID ? JS_FORMAT_JSONB : JS_FORMAT_JSON))
+		get_json_format(returning->format, context);
+}
 
 /* ----------
  * get_rule_expr			- Parse back an expression
@@ -9531,6 +9578,15 @@ get_rule_expr(Node *node, deparse_context *context,
 			}
 			break;
 
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			{
+				JsonValueExpr *jve = (JsonValueExpr *) node;
+
+				get_rule_expr((Node *) jve->raw_expr, context, false);
+				get_json_format(jve->format, context);
+			}
+			break;
+
 		case T_List:
 			{
 				char	   *sep;

src/backend/utils/misc/queryjumble.c

@@ -737,6 +737,32 @@ JumbleExpr(JumbleState *jstate, Node *node)
 				JumbleExpr(jstate, (Node *) conf->exclRelTlist);
 			}
 			break;
+		case T_JsonFormat:
+			{
+				JsonFormat *format = (JsonFormat *) node;
+
+				APP_JUMB(format->type);
+				APP_JUMB(format->encoding);
+			}
+			break;
+		case T_JsonReturning:
+			{
+				JsonReturning *returning = (JsonReturning *) node;
+
+				JumbleExpr(jstate, (Node *) returning->format);
+				APP_JUMB(returning->typid);
+				APP_JUMB(returning->typmod);
+			}
+			break;
+		case T_JsonValueExpr:
+			{
+				JsonValueExpr *expr = (JsonValueExpr *) node;
+
+				JumbleExpr(jstate, (Node *) expr->raw_expr);
+				JumbleExpr(jstate, (Node *) expr->formatted_expr);
+				JumbleExpr(jstate, (Node *) expr->format);
+			}
+			break;
 		case T_List:
 			foreach(temp, (List *) node)
 			{

src/include/nodes/makefuncs.h

@@ -106,4 +106,9 @@ extern GroupingSet *makeGroupingSet(GroupingSetKind kind, List *content, int loc
 
 extern VacuumRelation *makeVacuumRelation(RangeVar *relation, Oid oid, List *va_cols);
 
+extern JsonFormat *makeJsonFormat(JsonFormatType type, JsonEncoding encoding,
+								  int location);
+extern JsonValueExpr *makeJsonValueExpr(Expr *expr, JsonFormat *format);
+extern JsonEncoding makeJsonEncoding(char *name);
+
 #endif							/* MAKEFUNC_H */

src/include/nodes/nodes.h

@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ typedef enum NodeTag
 	T_FromExpr,
 	T_OnConflictExpr,
 	T_IntoClause,
+	T_JsonFormat,
+	T_JsonReturning,
+	T_JsonValueExpr,
 
 	/*
 	 * TAGS FOR EXPRESSION STATE NODES (execnodes.h)
@@ -491,6 +494,7 @@ typedef enum NodeTag
 	T_VacuumRelation,
 	T_PublicationObjSpec,
 	T_PublicationTable,
+	T_JsonOutput,
 
 	/*
 	 * TAGS FOR REPLICATION GRAMMAR PARSE NODES (replnodes.h)

src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h

@@ -1553,6 +1553,19 @@ typedef struct TriggerTransition
 	bool		isTable;
 } TriggerTransition;
 
+/* Nodes for SQL/JSON support */
+
+/*
+ * JsonOutput -
+ *		representation of JSON output clause (RETURNING type [FORMAT format])
+ */
+typedef struct JsonOutput
+{
+	NodeTag		type;
+	TypeName   *typeName;		/* RETURNING type name, if specified */
+	JsonReturning returning;	/* RETURNING FORMAT clause and type Oids */
+} JsonOutput;
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  *		Raw Grammar Output Statements
  *****************************************************************************/

src/include/nodes/primnodes.h

@@ -1233,6 +1233,65 @@ typedef struct XmlExpr
 	int			location;		/* token location, or -1 if unknown */
 } XmlExpr;
 
+/*
+ * JsonEncoding -
+ *		representation of JSON ENCODING clause
+ */
+typedef enum JsonEncoding
+{
+	JS_ENC_DEFAULT,				/* unspecified */
+	JS_ENC_UTF8,
+	JS_ENC_UTF16,
+	JS_ENC_UTF32,
+} JsonEncoding;
+
+/*
+ * JsonFormatType -
+ *		enumeration of JSON formats used in JSON FORMAT clause
+ */
+typedef enum JsonFormatType
+{
+	JS_FORMAT_DEFAULT,			/* unspecified */
+	JS_FORMAT_JSON,				/* FORMAT JSON [ENCODING ...] */
+	JS_FORMAT_JSONB				/* implicit internal format for RETURNING jsonb */
+} JsonFormatType;
+
+/*
+ * JsonFormat -
+ *		representation of JSON FORMAT clause
+ */
+typedef struct JsonFormat
+{
+	NodeTag		type;
+	JsonFormatType format_type;	/* format type */
+	JsonEncoding encoding;		/* JSON encoding */
+	int			location;		/* token location, or -1 if unknown */
+} JsonFormat;
+
+/*
+ * JsonReturning -
+ *		transformed representation of JSON RETURNING clause
+ */
+typedef struct JsonReturning
+{
+	NodeTag		type;
+	JsonFormat *format;			/* output JSON format */
+	Oid			typid;			/* target type Oid */
+	int32		typmod;			/* target type modifier */
+} JsonReturning;
+
+/*
+ * JsonValueExpr -
+ *		representation of JSON value expression (expr [FORMAT json_format])
+ */
+typedef struct JsonValueExpr
+{
+	NodeTag		type;
+	Expr	   *raw_expr;		/* raw expression */
+	Expr	   *formatted_expr;	/* formatted expression or NULL */
+	JsonFormat *format;			/* FORMAT clause, if specified */
+} JsonValueExpr;
+
 /* ----------------
  * NullTest
  *

src/include/parser/kwlist.h

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ PG_KEYWORD("following", FOLLOWING, UNRESERVED_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("for", FOR, RESERVED_KEYWORD, AS_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("force", FORCE, UNRESERVED_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("foreign", FOREIGN, RESERVED_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
+PG_KEYWORD("format", FORMAT, UNRESERVED_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("forward", FORWARD, UNRESERVED_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("freeze", FREEZE, TYPE_FUNC_NAME_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("from", FROM, RESERVED_KEYWORD, AS_LABEL)
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ PG_KEYWORD("is", IS, TYPE_FUNC_NAME_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("isnull", ISNULL, TYPE_FUNC_NAME_KEYWORD, AS_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("isolation", ISOLATION, UNRESERVED_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("join", JOIN, TYPE_FUNC_NAME_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
+PG_KEYWORD("json", JSON, UNRESERVED_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("key", KEY, UNRESERVED_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("label", LABEL, UNRESERVED_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)
 PG_KEYWORD("language", LANGUAGE, UNRESERVED_KEYWORD, BARE_LABEL)