I have JSON data in a column in my table. I am trying to apply where condition on the JSON column and fetch records.
Employee table:
Here is my SQL query:
SELECT ID, EMP_NAME
FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE JSON_VALUE(TEAM, '$') IN (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10)
I am getting an empty result when I use this query. Any help on how to do this?
You need to parse the JSON in the TEAM column with OPENJSON():
Table:
CREATE TABLE EMPLOYEE (
ID int,
EMP_NAME varchar(50),
TEAM varchar(1000)
)
INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE (ID, EMP_NAME, TEAM)
VALUES
(1, 'Name1', '[2,11]'),
(2, 'Name2', '[2,3,4,5,7,10]'),
(3, 'Name3', NULL)
Statement:
SELECT DISTINCT e.ID, e.EMP_NAME
FROM EMPLOYEE e
CROSS APPLY OPENJSON(e.TEAM) WITH (TEAM int '$') j
WHERE j.TEAM IN (2,3,4,5,7,10)
Result:
ID EMP_NAME
1 Name1
2 Name2
As an additional option, if you want to get the matches as an aggregated text, you may use the following statement (SQL Server 2017 is needed):
SELECT e.ID, e.EMP_NAME, a.TEAM
FROM EMPLOYEE e
CROSS APPLY (
SELECT STRING_AGG(TEAM, ',') AS TEAM
FROM OPENJSON(e.TEAM) WITH (TEAM int '$')
WHERE TEAM IN (2,3,4,5,7,10)
) a
WHERE a.TEAM IS NOT NULL
Result:
ID EMP_NAME TEAM
1 Name1 2
2 Name2 2,3,4,5,7,10
JSON_VALUE returns a scalar value, not a data set, which you appaer to think it would. If you run SELECT JSON_VALUE('[2,3,4,5,7,10]','$') you'll see that it returns NULL, so yes, no rows will be returned.
You need to treat the JSON like a data set, not a single value:
SELECT ID, EMP_NAME
FROM EMPLOYEE E
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1
FROM OPENJSON (E.TEAM) OJ
WHERE OJ.Value IN (2,3,4,5,7,10))
