column->>path

MySQL 8.4

This is an improved, unquoting extraction operator. Whereas the -> operator simply extracts a value, the ->> operator in addition unquotes the extracted result. In other words, given a JSON column value column and a path expression path (a string literal), the following three expressions return the same value:

Syntax

MYSQL

SELECT * FROM jemp WHERE g > 2;
+-------------------------------+------+
| c                             | g    |
+-------------------------------+------+
| {"id": "3", "name": "Barney"} |    3 |
| {"id": "4", "name": "Betty"}  |    4 |
+-------------------------------+------+
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)

SELECT c->'$.name' AS name
    FROM jemp WHERE g > 2;
+----------+
| name     |
+----------+
| "Barney" |
| "Betty"  |
+----------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT JSON_UNQUOTE(c->'$.name') AS name
    FROM jemp WHERE g > 2;
+--------+
| name   |
+--------+
| Barney |
| Betty  |
+--------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT c->>'$.name' AS name
    FROM jemp WHERE g > 2;
+--------+
| name   |
+--------+
| Barney |
| Betty  |
+--------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Examples

Example

JSON_UNQUOTE( JSON_EXTRACT(column, path) )

MYSQL

SELECT * FROM jemp WHERE g > 2;
+-------------------------------+------+
| c                             | g    |
+-------------------------------+------+
| {"id": "3", "name": "Barney"} |    3 |
| {"id": "4", "name": "Betty"}  |    4 |
+-------------------------------+------+
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)

SELECT c->'$.name' AS name
    FROM jemp WHERE g > 2;
+----------+
| name     |
+----------+
| "Barney" |
| "Betty"  |
+----------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT JSON_UNQUOTE(c->'$.name') AS name
    FROM jemp WHERE g > 2;
+--------+
| name   |
+--------+
| Barney |
| Betty  |
+--------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT c->>'$.name' AS name
    FROM jemp WHERE g > 2;
+--------+
| name   |
+--------+
| Barney |
| Betty  |
+--------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Example 2

JSON_UNQUOTE(column -> path)

MYSQL

CREATE TABLE tj10 (a JSON, b INT);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.26 sec)

INSERT INTO tj10 VALUES
    ('[3,10,5,"x",44]', 33),
    ('[3,10,5,17,[22,"y",66]]', 0);
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.04 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

SELECT a->"$[3]", a->"$[4][1]" FROM tj10;
+-----------+--------------+
| a->"$[3]" | a->"$[4][1]" |
+-----------+--------------+
| "x"       | NULL         |
| 17        | "y"          |
+-----------+--------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT a->>"$[3]", a->>"$[4][1]" FROM tj10;
+------------+---------------+
| a->>"$[3]" | a->>"$[4][1]" |
+------------+---------------+
| x          | NULL          |
| 17         | y             |
+------------+---------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Example 3

The ->> operator can be used wherever JSON_UNQUOTE(JSON_EXTRACT()) would be allowed. This includes (but is not limited to) SELECT lists, WHERE and HAVING clauses, and ORDER BY and GROUP BY clauses.

MYSQL

EXPLAIN SELECT c->>'$.name' AS name
    FROM jemp WHERE g > 2\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
           id: 1
  select_type: SIMPLE
        table: jemp
   partitions: NULL
         type: range
possible_keys: i
          key: i
      key_len: 5
          ref: NULL
         rows: 2
     filtered: 100.00
        Extra: Using where
1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)

SHOW WARNINGS\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
  Level: Note
   Code: 1003
Message: /* select#1 */ select
json_unquote(json_extract(`jtest`.`jemp`.`c`,'$.name')) AS `name` from
`jtest`.`jemp` where (`jtest`.`jemp`.`g` > 2)
1 row in set (0.00 sec)