RE: JSON : ARRAY name needed ?

Hi, Birgitta

Thanks for your confirmation.
I've vote for this RFE.


Cordialement,

Jean-Marc DUVAL
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Développeur IBM i consultant

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De : RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> De la part de Birgitta Hauser
Envoyé : samedi 9 novembre 2019 16:07
À : 'RPG programming on IBM i' <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Objet : RE: JSON : ARRAY name needed ?

Currently JSON_TABLE cannot handle arrays directly, i.e. arrays need to be embedded in an object.
If you receive an array and want to parse it with JSON_TABLE, you just put an array around:

The following SELECT Statement works correctly:
SELECT "code", "value"
FROM JSON_TABLE('{"root": ' concat '[{"code" :"00001","value" :50},
{"code" :"00002","value" :30},
{"code" :"00003","value" :40}]'
concat '}',
'$.root[*]'
COLUMNS ("code" CHAR(10),
"value" DEC(9, 3)))

BTW AFAIK there is an RFE that arrays could be accessed directly.
If you need it, please vote for it

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jean-Marc DUVAL
Sent: Samstag, 9. November 2019 00:36
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: JSON : ARRAY name needed ?

But, if you have only the array, like this :
[{"code":"00001","value":50},{"code":"00002","value":30},{"code":"00003","value":40}]
This JSON is valid.
What is the good query to get "code" and "value" in my cursor ?

This do not work :
SELECT "code", "value"
FROM JSON_TABLE('[{"code" :"00001","value" :50},
{"code" :"00002","value" :30},
{"code" :"00003","value" :40}]', 'lax $.[*]'
COLUMNS ("code" CHAR(10),
"value" DEC(9, 3)))

I think that 'lax $.[*]' is the problem, but don't know what to use...


Cordialement,

Jean-Marc DUVAL
Pôle développement IT
Développeur IBM i consultant

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+33 (0) 2 34 59 52 91

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De : RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> De la part de John Yeung Envoyé : vendredi 8 novembre 2019 23:01 À : RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Objet : Re: JSON : ARRAY name needed ?

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 2:31 PM Jean-Marc DUVAL <jean-marc.duval@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

and not this :

SELECT "code", "value"
FROM JSON_TABLE('{[{"code" :"00001","value" :50},
{"code" :"00002","value" :30},
{"code" :"00003","value" :40}]}', 'lax
$.[*]'
COLUMNS ("code" CHAR(10),
"value" DEC(9, 3)))

Is the array name needed ?

Yes.

You should familiarize yourself with the JSON format:

https://www.json.org/

It's quite simple and regular. Curly braces, if not empty, can only contain name:value pairs.

It is easier to understand if you know the concept of associative array, or hash, or dictionary from other languages.

John Y.
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