/* syntax version 1 */ /* postgres can not */ USE plato; -- These examples are taken from [ISO/IEC TR 19075-6:2017] standard (https://www.iso.org/standard/67367.html) SELECT T.K, JSON_VALUE (T.J, 'lax $.who') AS Who, JSON_VALUE (T.J, 'lax $.where' NULL ON EMPTY) AS Nali, JSON_QUERY (T.J, 'lax $.friends') AS Friends FROM T WHERE JSON_EXISTS (T.J, 'lax $.friends'); SELECT T.K, JSON_VALUE (T.J, 'lax $.who') AS Who, JSON_VALUE (T.J, 'lax $.where' NULL ON EMPTY) AS Nali, JSON_QUERY (T.J, 'lax $.friends' NULL ON EMPTY) AS Friends FROM T; SELECT T.K, JSON_VALUE (T.J, 'lax $.who') AS Who, JSON_VALUE (T.J, 'lax $.where' NULL ON EMPTY) AS Nali, JSON_QUERY (T.J, 'lax $.friends.name' WITH ARRAY WRAPPER) AS FriendsNames FROM T; -- In standard this example is demonstrated using PDF table, without any queries. -- We represent it as set of queries, using NULL as error value. -- Each SELECT is a row in source PDF table $J2 = CAST(@@{ "a": "[1,2]", "b": [1,2], "c": "hi"}@@ as Json); SELECT JSON_VALUE($J2, "strict $.a"), JSON_VALUE($J2, "strict $.b" NULL ON ERROR), JSON_VALUE($J2, "strict $.c"); SELECT JSON_QUERY($J2, "strict $.a" WITHOUT ARRAY WRAPPER NULL ON ERROR), JSON_QUERY($J2, "strict $.b" WITHOUT ARRAY WRAPPER), JSON_QUERY($J2, "strict $.c" WITHOUT ARRAY WRAPPER NULL ON ERROR); SELECT JSON_QUERY($J2, "strict $.a" WITH UNCONDITIONAL ARRAY WRAPPER), JSON_QUERY($J2, "strict $.b" WITH UNCONDITIONAL ARRAY WRAPPER), JSON_QUERY($J2, "strict $.c" WITH UNCONDITIONAL ARRAY WRAPPER); SELECT JSON_QUERY($J2, "strict $.a" WITH CONDITIONAL ARRAY WRAPPER), JSON_QUERY($J2, "strict $.b" WITH CONDITIONAL ARRAY WRAPPER), JSON_QUERY($J2, "strict $.c" WITH CONDITIONAL ARRAY WRAPPER);