How to update multiple values in JSONB array Postgresql array object

Question

I have a JSONB array below

[
  {"name":"test","age":"21","phone":"6589","town":"54"},
  {"name":"test12","age":"67","phone":"6546","town":"54"}
]

Now I want to update town,phone,age if name is test. How to update multiple values in JSONB array?

Answer 1

You can update them dynamically by indexing each individual element :

For age :

WITH s AS
(
 SELECT ('{'||idx-1||',age}')::text[] AS path
   FROM tab 
  CROSS JOIN jsonb_array_elements(jsdata) 
   WITH ORDINALITY arr(j,idx)
  WHERE j->>'name'='test' 
)
UPDATE tab
   SET jsdata = jsonb_set(jsdata,s.path,'"15"',false)
  FROM s

For town :

WITH s AS
(
 SELECT ('{'||idx-1||',town}')::text[] AS path
   FROM tab 
  CROSS JOIN jsonb_array_elements(jsdata) 
   WITH ORDINALITY arr(j,idx)
  WHERE j->>'name'='test' 
)
UPDATE tab
   SET jsdata = jsonb_set(jsdata,s.path,'"55"',false)
  FROM s

For phone :

WITH s AS
(
 SELECT ('{'||idx-1||',phone}')::text[] AS path
   FROM tab 
  CROSS JOIN jsonb_array_elements(jsdata) 
   WITH ORDINALITY arr(j,idx)
  WHERE j->>'name'='test' 
)
UPDATE tab
   SET jsdata = jsonb_set(jsdata,s.path,'"1111"',false)
  FROM s

Demo

Or directly at a time :

WITH s AS
(
 SELECT ('{'||idx-1||',phone}')::text[] AS path_phone,
        ('{'||idx-1||',town}')::text[] AS path_town,
        ('{'||idx-1||',age}')::text[] AS path_age
   FROM tab 
  CROSS JOIN jsonb_array_elements(jsdata) 
   WITH ORDINALITY arr(j,idx)
  WHERE j->>'name'='test' 
)
UPDATE tab
   SET jsdata = jsonb_set(jsonb_set(jsonb_set(jsdata,
                                              s.path_phone,
                                              '"1111"',
                                              false),
                                    path_town,
                                    '"55"',
                                    false),
                          s.path_age,
                          '"20"',
                          false)
      FROM s

Demo