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OPENJSON : Getting to the data, and the PATH – PART II

by Marty

measure twice, cut once.

We’ve looked at getting pulling data from a JSON document into relational table format using an explicit schema that was defined in the WITH clause of the OPENJSON table...

2020-06-07

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OPENJSON : Getting to the data, and the PATH – PART II

by Marty

measure twice, cut once.

We’ve looked at getting pulling data from a JSON document into relational table format using an explicit schema that was defined in the WITH clause of the OPENJSON table...

2020-06-07

OPENJSON – using an explicit schema. The WITH clause.

by Marty

measure twice, cut once.

G’day, Previously, we have looked at using OPENJSON to gain knowledge about the JSON document that we have presented to the function. A bit like this Notice that we...

2020-06-05

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OPENJSON, explicit schema and data type

by Marty

measure twice, cut once.

Back in our last instalment, we looked at OPENJSON and how we can get data into a tabular format from a JSON document. Readers may have noticed that we...

2020-06-05

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T-SQL Sequences and the OVER() clause

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Using a SEQUENCE object - in unusual ways!

2020-06-04

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OPENJSON – using the default schema to collect new information

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We’ve looked at reading JSON from disk and also verifying that a string we have contains valid JSON data. But, naturally, we’d like to do more than that. Well,...

2020-05-27

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JSON data and a T-SQL variable.

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G’day, You may have noticed when looking at FOR JSON AUTO or FOR JSON PATH that both clauses result in one single column that contains a JSON string. But,...

2020-05-23

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JSON, SQL Server and Esacpe Characters of the non-printable kind

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G’day, We observed in a previous installment that JSON uses the backslash character “” as the escape character. However, what happens if we actually want a backslash in our...

2020-05-20

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Data Privacy – Playing your part

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Tuesday 28th January 2020 was “Data Privacy Day 2020” Some may refer to this as Data Protection Day, but it is really just a day to draw attention to...

2020-03-10 (first published: 2020-02-03)

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A trusty old friend – The BCP utility

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One of the requirements that springs up around data stores – regardless of if they are relational, not relational, cloud based or some other variety is (unsurprisingly) the need...

2020-03-08

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OPENJSON : Getting to the data, and the PATH – PART II

OPENJSON : Getting to the data, and the PATH – PART II

OPENJSON – using an explicit schema. The WITH clause.

OPENJSON, explicit schema and data type

T-SQL Sequences and the OVER() clause

OPENJSON – using the default schema to collect new information

JSON data and a T-SQL variable.

JSON, SQL Server and Esacpe Characters of the non-printable kind

Data Privacy – Playing your part

A trusty old friend – The BCP utility

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