jsonb_populate_record / jsonb_populate_recordset should return a table - postgresql

Question

currently I try to make a history table based on postgresql jsonb, currently as a example I have two table's:
CREATE TABLE data (id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, price NUMERIC(10,4) NOT NULL, article TEXT NOT NULL, quantity BIGINT NOT NULL, lose BIGINT NOT NULL, username TEXT NOT NULL);
CREATE TABLE data_history (id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, data JSONB NOT NULL, username TEXT NOT NULL);
The history table act's a simple history (the username there could be avoided).
I populate the data of the history with a trigger:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION insert_history() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
BEGIN
INSERT INTO data_history (data, username) VALUES (row_to_json(NEW.*), NEW.username);
RETURN NEW;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
Now I try to populate the history back to the data table:
SELECT jsonb_populate_record(NULL::data, data) FROM data_history;
However the result will now be a tuple and not a table:
jsonb_populate_record
-------------------------------------
(1,45.4500,0A45477,100,1,c.schmitt)
(2,5.4500,0A45477,100,1,c.schmitt)
(2 rows)
Is there any way to get the data back as the table data back? I know there is jsonb_populate_recordset, too, however it doesn't accept a query?!

Answer 1

jsonb_populate_record() returns a row-type (or record-type), so if you use it in the SELECT cluase, you'll get a single column, which is a row-type.
To avoid this, use it in the FROM clause instead (with an implicit LATERAL JOIN):
SELECT r.*
FROM data_history,
jsonb_populate_record(NULL::data, data) r
Technically, the statement below could work too
-- DO NOT use, just for illustration
SELECT jsonb_populate_record(NULL::data, data).*
FROM data_history
but it will call jsonb_populate_record() for each column in data (as a result of an engine limitation).