-- Taken from https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Count_estimate
CREATE FUNCTION count_estimate(query text) RETURNS INTEGER AS
$func$
DECLARE
    rec   record;
    ROWS  INTEGER;
BEGIN
    FOR rec IN EXECUTE 'EXPLAIN ' || query LOOP
        ROWS := SUBSTRING(rec."QUERY PLAN" FROM ' rows=([[:digit:]]+)');
        EXIT WHEN ROWS IS NOT NULL;
    END LOOP;

    RETURN ROWS;
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

-- Taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/48013356/351721
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION jsonb_array_casttext(jsonb) RETURNS text[] AS $f$
    SELECT array_agg(x) || ARRAY[]::text[] FROM jsonb_array_elements_text($1) t(x);
$f$ LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE;