"example_code": [
{
"code": "blah",
"type": "value"
}
]
In other cases we would write : (meta->'example_code'->'code')
But, since it is inside [] braces, i am not able to extract.
Welcome to SO. Since example_code is an array use -> 0 to access its first (and only) element. Here is the documentation on it.
CTE the_table is a mimic of real data.
with the_table(meta) as
(
values ('{"example_code":[{"code":"blah", "type":"value"}]}'::json)
)
select meta -> 'example_code' -> 0 ->> 'code' from the_table;
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I have data formatted in the following way in a column named value:
{
"data" : [
"AVM": "1,000",
"location": "CA"
]
}
I am trying to write a simple SQL query to retrieve the AVM values for the entire dataset stored in a postgresql database, which is a couple thousand records.
Does anyone know an elegant solution to be able to do this?
select p."value" -> 'data'
from table as p;
But not able to dig into the array to retrieve the AVM values.
If you try the value as written:
select '{ data: [ "AVM": "1,000", "location": "CA" ] }'::json;
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json
LINE 1: select '{ data: [ "AVM": "1,000", "location": "CA" ] }'::jso...
Assuming the data is YAML you could pull it out of the database and use a YAML parser to get the data. An example in Python(https://pyyaml.org/):
import yaml
y_str = '{ "data" : [ "AVM": "1,000", "location": "CA" ] }'
y_dict = yaml.safe_load(y_str)
y_dict
{'data': [{'AVM': '1,000'}, {'location': 'CA'}]}
y_dict["data"][0]["AVM"]
'1,000'
If you have plpythonu or plpython3u installed in database you could write a function that did the same thing.
I was able to complete the query using the following in a Postgre Database:
select (t.value -> 'data' ->> 0)::json -> 'AVM' as "AVM"
from table as t;
The general format for pseudo code.
What you are looking for is a query similar to this
SELECT JSON_VALUE(value, '$.data.AMV')
FROM {tableName}
You can also filter data:
SELECT JSON_VALUE(value, '$.data.AMV')
FROM {tableName}
WHERE JSON_VALUE(value, '$.data.location') = 'CA'
More details here
I have the following JSON stored in a PostgreSQL JSON column
{
"status": "Success",
"message": "",
"data": {
"serverIp": "XXXX",
"ruleId": 32321,
"results": [
{
"versionId": 555555,
"PriceID": "8abf35ec-3e0e-466b-a4e5-2af568e90eec",
"price": 550,
"Convert": 0.8922953080331764,
"Cost": 10
}
]
}
}
I would like to search for a specific priceID across the entire JSON column (name info) and select the entire results element by the PriceID.
How do i do that in postgresql JSON?
One option uses exists and json(b)_array_elements(). Assuming that your table is called mytable and that the jsonb column is mycol, this would look like:
select t.*
from mytable t
where exists (
select 1
from jsonb_array_elements(t.mycol -> 'data' -> 'results') x(elt)
where x.elt ->> 'PriceID' = '8abf35ec-3e0e-466b-a4e5-2af568e90eec'
)
In the subquery, jsonb_array_elements() unnest the json array located at the given path. Then, the where clause ensures that at least one elment in the array has the given PriceID.
If your data is of json datatype rather than jsonb, you need to use json_array_elements() instead of jsonb_array_elements().
If you want to display some information coming from the matching array element, then it is different. You can use a lateral join instead of exists. Keep in mind, though, that this will duplicate the rows if more than one array element matches:
select t.*, x.elt ->> 'price' price
from mytable t
cross join lateral jsonb_array_elements(t.mycol -> 'data' -> 'results') x(elt)
where x.elt ->> 'PriceID' = '8abf35ec-3e0e-466b-a4e5-2af568e90eec'
I was going through the Postgres Jsonb documentation but was unable to find a solution for a small issue I'm having.
I've got a table : MY_TABLE
that has the following columns:
User, Name, Data and Purchased
One thing to note is that "Data" is a jsonb and has multiple fields. One of the fields inside of "Data" is "Attribute" but it is currently a string. How can I go about changing this to a list of strings?
I have tried using json_build_array but have not had any luck
So for example, I'd want my jsonb to look like :
{
"Id": 1,
"Attributes": ["Test"]
}
instead of
{
"Id": 1,
"Attributes": "Test"
}
I only care about the "Attributes" field inside of the Json, not any other fields.
I also want to ensure for some Attributes that have an empty string "Attributes": "", they get mapped to an empty list and not a list with an empty string ([] not [""])
You can use jsonb_set(), and some conditional logic for the empty string:
jsonb_set(
mycol,
'{Attributes}',
case when js ->> 'Attributes' <> ''
then jsonb_build_array(js ->> 'Attributes')
else '[]'::jsonb
end
)
I have a table say types, which had a JSON column, say location that looks like this:
{ "attribute":[
{
"type": "state",
"value": "CA"
},
{
"type": "distance",
"value": "200.00"
} ...
]
}
Each row in the table has the data, and all have the "type": "state" in it. I want to just extract the value of "type": "state" from every row in the table, and put it in a new column. I checked out several questions on SO, like:
Query for element of array in JSON column
Index for finding an element in a JSON array
Query for array elements inside JSON type
but could not get it working. I do not need to query on this. I need the value of this column. I apologize in advance if I missed something.
create table t(data json);
insert into t values('{"attribute":[{"type": "state","value": "CA"},{"type": "distance","value": "200.00"}]}'::json);
select elem->>'value' as state
from t, json_array_elements(t.data->'attribute') elem
where elem->>'type' = 'state';
| state |
| :---- |
| CA |
dbfiddle here
I mainly use Redshift where there is a built-in function to do this. So on the off-chance you're there, check it out.
redshift docs
It looks like Postgres has a similar function set:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-json.html
I think you'll need to chain three functions together to make this work.
SELECT
your_field::json->'attribute'->0->'value'
FROM
your_table
What I'm trying is a json extract by key name, followed by a json array extract by index (always the 1st, if your example is consistent with the full data), followed finally by another extract by key name.
Edit: got it working for your example
SELECT
'{ "attribute":[
{
"type": "state",
"value": "CA"
},
{
"type": "distance",
"value": "200.00"
}
]
}'::json->'attribute'->0->'value'
Returns "CA"
2nd edit: nested querying
#McNets is the right, better answer. But in this dive, I discovered you can nest queries in Postgres! How frickin' cool!
I stored the json as a text field in a dummy table and successfully ran this:
SELECT
(SELECT value FROM json_to_recordset(
my_column::json->'attribute') as x(type text, value text)
WHERE
type = 'state'
)
FROM dummy_table
I have an issue where I have some JSON stored in my oracle database, and I need to extract values from it.
The problem is, there are some fields that are duplicated.
When I try this, it works as there is only one firstname key in the options array:
SELECT
JSON_VALUE('{"increment_id":"2500000043","item_id":"845768","options":[{"firstname":"Kevin"},{"lastname":"Test"}]}', '$.options.firstname') AS value
FROM DUAL;
Which returns 'Kevin'.
However, when there are two values for the firstname field:
SELECT JSON_VALUE('{"increment_id":"2500000043","item_id":"845768","options":[{"firstname":"Kevin"},{"firstname":"Okay"},{"lastname":"Test"}]}', '$.options.firstname') AS value
FROM DUAL;
It only returns NULL.
Is there any way to select the first occurence of 'firstname' in this context?
JSON_VALUE returns one SQL VALUE from the JSON data (or SQL NULL if the key does not exists).
If you have a collection of values (a JSON array) an you want one specific item of the array you use array subscripts (square brackets) like in JavaScript, for example [2] to select the third item. [0] selects the first item.
To get the first array item in your example you have to change the path expression from '$.options.firstname' to '$.options[0].firstname'
You can follow this query:-
SELECT JSON_VALUE('{
"increment_id": "2500000043",
"item_id": "845768",
"options": [
{
"firstname": "Kevin"
},
{
"firstname": "Okay"
},
{
"lastname": "Test"
}
]
}', '$.options[0].firstname') AS value
FROM DUAL;