For compatibility with PostgreSQL, when right-hand side of the ->> operator

is negative, it should index from the right side of the JSON array on the
left-hand side.

FossilOrigin-Name: 82365a45b96536c1146a384e5d3efce80a6ec469a54713c7f40bf15eb834b5fd

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 309839cbc..d93e0f7c7 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Fix\sa\spossible\sbuffer\soverwrite\sin\sthe\s".import"\scommand.\s[forum:/forumpost/0c447f0548|forum\spost\s0c447f0548].
-D 2024-05-27T11:35:05.208
+C For\scompatibility\swith\sPostgreSQL,\swhen\sright-hand\sside\sof\sthe\s->>\soperator\nis\snegative,\sit\sshould\sindex\sfrom\sthe\sright\sside\sof\sthe\sJSON\sarray\son\sthe\nleft-hand\sside.
+D 2024-05-27T13:24:39.941
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ F src/hash.h 3340ab6e1d13e725571d7cee6d3e3135f0779a7d8e76a9ce0a85971fa3953c51
 F src/hwtime.h f9c2dfb84dce7acf95ce6d289e46f5f9d3d1afd328e53da8f8e9008e3b3caae6
 F src/in-operator.md 10cd8f4bcd225a32518407c2fb2484089112fd71
 F src/insert.c 4bd7c7e54a1062dcd0214b7a6296f7194eb10fb14d3ddca1ed20b01c2a86a18c
-F src/json.c bf1b51e32158b3d01d96a878d3dba8d2e633a7e5bf2534d4617f89de8a6b9a91
+F src/json.c 06cd3a8df28a1bf29e3ee731fc04318aad58bf3fe48f82c8cf98038a98c3bd73
 F src/legacy.c d7874bc885906868cd51e6c2156698f2754f02d9eee1bae2d687323c3ca8e5aa
 F src/loadext.c 7432c944ff197046d67a1207790a1b13eec4548c85a9457eb0896bb3641dfb36
 F src/main.c 8a59d297ec77e6b78550433bfccb95a1b26f2fb69aaaf233206e21579a1cfcc1
@@ -2193,8 +2193,8 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P 857f6d530949221d154b5120ecc2aa906418bec6f69d1c13197a432ba3cad8eb
-R 208aed0e15e5a9e1542642ed290f707d
-U dan
-Z dedd3aceb57544d244ea5c9933280761
+P 0fd958fa9b56a8ef254127e29800ca2a267590e86edf739bd339239b25a5da6e
+R 36f341dbd61e9f589a60e0c721370ef1
+U drh
+Z 1b11798b82660ce66802b4d7d9bc3cf5
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index a2019d063..d191958e3 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0fd958fa9b56a8ef254127e29800ca2a267590e86edf739bd339239b25a5da6e
\ No newline at end of file
+82365a45b96536c1146a384e5d3efce80a6ec469a54713c7f40bf15eb834b5fd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/json.c b/src/json.c
index 4db468c92..b30189307 100644
--- a/src/json.c
+++ b/src/json.c
@@ -3857,10 +3857,16 @@ static void jsonExtractFunc(
       **     NUMBER   ==>  $[NUMBER]     // PG compatible
       **     LABEL    ==>  $.LABEL       // PG compatible
       **     [NUMBER] ==>  $[NUMBER]     // Not PG.  Purely for convenience
+      **
+      ** Updated 2024-05-27:  If the NUMBER is negative, then PG counts from
+      ** the write of the array.  Hence for negative NUMBER:
+      **
+      **     NUMBER   ==>  $[#NUMBER]    // PG compatible
       */
       jsonStringInit(&jx, ctx);
       if( sqlite3_value_type(argv[i])==SQLITE_INTEGER ){
         jsonAppendRawNZ(&jx, "[", 1);
+        if( zPath[0]=='-' ) jsonAppendRawNZ(&jx,"#",1);
         jsonAppendRaw(&jx, zPath, nPath);
         jsonAppendRawNZ(&jx, "]", 2);
       }else if( jsonAllAlphanum(zPath, nPath) ){