--http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18209625/how-do-i-modify-fields-inside-the-new-postgresql-json-datatype CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "json_object_set_key"( "json" json, "key_to_set" TEXT, "value_to_set" anyelement ) RETURNS json LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE STRICT AS $function$ SELECT concat('{', string_agg(to_json("key") || ':' || "value", ','), '}')::json FROM (SELECT * FROM json_each("json") WHERE "key" <> "key_to_set" UNION ALL SELECT "key_to_set", to_json("value_to_set")) AS "fields" $function$;