JSON_LENGTH(json_doc[, path])

MySQL 8.4

Syntax

MYSQL

SELECT JSON_LENGTH('[1, 2, {"a": 3}]');
+---------------------------------+
| JSON_LENGTH('[1, 2, {"a": 3}]') |
+---------------------------------+
|                               3 |
+---------------------------------+
SELECT JSON_LENGTH('{"a": 1, "b": {"c": 30}}');
+-----------------------------------------+
| JSON_LENGTH('{"a": 1, "b": {"c": 30}}') |
+-----------------------------------------+
|                                       2 |
+-----------------------------------------+
SELECT JSON_LENGTH('{"a": 1, "b": {"c": 30}}', '$.b');
+------------------------------------------------+
| JSON_LENGTH('{"a": 1, "b": {"c": 30}}', '$.b') |
+------------------------------------------------+
|                                              1 |
+------------------------------------------------+

Examples

Example

Returns the length of a JSON document, or, if a path argument is given, the length of the value within the document identified by the path. Returns NULL if any argument is NULL or the path argument does not identify a value in the document. An error occurs if the json_doc argument is not a valid JSON document or the path argument is not a valid path expression.

MYSQL

SELECT JSON_LENGTH('[1, 2, {"a": 3}]');
+---------------------------------+
| JSON_LENGTH('[1, 2, {"a": 3}]') |
+---------------------------------+
|                               3 |
+---------------------------------+
SELECT JSON_LENGTH('{"a": 1, "b": {"c": 30}}');
+-----------------------------------------+
| JSON_LENGTH('{"a": 1, "b": {"c": 30}}') |
+-----------------------------------------+
|                                       2 |
+-----------------------------------------+
SELECT JSON_LENGTH('{"a": 1, "b": {"c": 30}}', '$.b');
+------------------------------------------------+
| JSON_LENGTH('{"a": 1, "b": {"c": 30}}', '$.b') |
+------------------------------------------------+
|                                              1 |
+------------------------------------------------+