Operator -> berfungsi sebagai alias untuk fungsi JSON_EXTRACT() ketika digunakan dengan dua argumen, pengidentifikasi kolom di sebelah kiri dan jalur JSON (string literal) di sebelah kanan yang dievaluasi terhadap dokumen JSON (nilai kolom). Anda dapat menggunakan ekspresi tersebut sebagai pengganti referensi kolom di mana pun ekspresi tersebut muncul dalam pernyataan SQL.
SELECT c, JSON_EXTRACT(c, "$.id"), g
> FROM jemp
> WHERE JSON_EXTRACT(c, "$.id") > 1
> ORDER BY JSON_EXTRACT(c, "$.name");
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
| c | c->"$.id" | g |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
| {"id": "3", "name": "Barney"} | "3" | 3 |
| {"id": "4", "name": "Betty"} | "4" | 4 |
| {"id": "2", "name": "Wilma"} | "2" | 2 |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
SELECT c, c->"$.id", g
> FROM jemp
> WHERE c->"$.id" > 1
> ORDER BY c->"$.name";
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
| c | c->"$.id" | g |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
| {"id": "3", "name": "Barney"} | "3" | 3 |
| {"id": "4", "name": "Betty"} | "4" | 4 |
| {"id": "2", "name": "Wilma"} | "2" | 2 |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
The two SELECT statements shown here produce the same output:
SELECT c, JSON_EXTRACT(c, "$.id"), g
> FROM jemp
> WHERE JSON_EXTRACT(c, "$.id") > 1
> ORDER BY JSON_EXTRACT(c, "$.name");
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
| c | c->"$.id" | g |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
| {"id": "3", "name": "Barney"} | "3" | 3 |
| {"id": "4", "name": "Betty"} | "4" | 4 |
| {"id": "2", "name": "Wilma"} | "2" | 2 |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
SELECT c, c->"$.id", g
> FROM jemp
> WHERE c->"$.id" > 1
> ORDER BY c->"$.name";
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
| c | c->"$.id" | g |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
| {"id": "3", "name": "Barney"} | "3" | 3 |
| {"id": "4", "name": "Betty"} | "4" | 4 |
| {"id": "2", "name": "Wilma"} | "2" | 2 |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
This functionality is not limited to SELECT, as shown here:
ALTER TABLE jemp ADD COLUMN n INT;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.68 sec)
Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
UPDATE jemp SET n=1 WHERE c->"$.id" = "4";
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0
SELECT c, c->"$.id", g, n
> FROM jemp
> WHERE JSON_EXTRACT(c, "$.id") > 1
> ORDER BY c->"$.name";
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+------+
| c | c->"$.id" | g | n |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+------+
| {"id": "3", "name": "Barney"} | "3" | 3 | NULL |
| {"id": "4", "name": "Betty"} | "4" | 4 | 1 |
| {"id": "2", "name": "Wilma"} | "2" | 2 | NULL |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
DELETE FROM jemp WHERE c->"$.id" = "4";
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec)
SELECT c, c->"$.id", g, n
> FROM jemp
> WHERE JSON_EXTRACT(c, "$.id") > 1
> ORDER BY c->"$.name";
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+------+
| c | c->"$.id" | g | n |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+------+
| {"id": "3", "name": "Barney"} | "3" | 3 | NULL |
| {"id": "2", "name": "Wilma"} | "2" | 2 | NULL |
+-------------------------------+-----------+------+------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
(See Indexing a Generated Column to Provide a JSON Column Index, for the statements used to create and populate the table just shown.)
CREATE TABLE tj10 (a JSON, b INT);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.26 sec)
INSERT INTO tj10
> VALUES ("[3,10,5,17,44]", 33), ("[3,10,5,17,[22,44,66]]", 0);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec)
SELECT a->"$[4]" FROM tj10;
+--------------+
| a->"$[4]" |
+--------------+
| 44 |
| [22, 44, 66] |
+--------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
SELECT * FROM tj10 WHERE a->"$[0]" = 3;
+------------------------------+------+
| a | b |
+------------------------------+------+
| [3, 10, 5, 17, 44] | 33 |
| [3, 10, 5, 17, [22, 44, 66]] | 0 |
+------------------------------+------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
This also works with JSON array values, as shown here:
SELECT * FROM tj10 WHERE a->"$[4][1]" IS NOT NULL;
+------------------------------+------+
| a | b |
+------------------------------+------+
| [3, 10, 5, 17, [22, 44, 66]] | 0 |
+------------------------------+------+
SELECT a->"$[4][1]" FROM tj10;
+--------------+
| a->"$[4][1]" |
+--------------+
| NULL |
| 44 |
+--------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Nested arrays are supported. An expression using -> evaluates as NULL if no matching key is found in the target JSON document, as shown here:
SELECT JSON_EXTRACT(a, "$[4][1]") FROM tj10;
+----------------------------+
| JSON_EXTRACT(a, "$[4][1]") |
+----------------------------+
| NULL |
| 44 |
+----------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)