JSON_GET_TYPE

Arguments

json: a valid JSON value.

Return Value

The type is returned as one of the following strings:

boolean
double
string
array
object
null
Or, SQL NULL if json is not a valid JSON object.

Examples

SQL

SELECT JSON_GET_TYPE('true');

+-----------------------+
| json_get_type('true') |
+-----------------------+
| boolean               |
+-----------------------+

SQL

SELECT JSON_GET_TYPE('12345');

+------------------------+
| JSON_GET_TYPE('12345') |
+------------------------+
| double                 |
+------------------------+

SQL

SELECT JSON_GET_TYPE('"alpha, beta, gamma"');

+---------------------------------------+
| JSON_GET_TYPE('"alpha, beta, gamma"') |
+---------------------------------------+
| string                                |
+---------------------------------------+

SQL

SELECT JSON_GET_TYPE('[1,2,3]');

+--------------------------+
| JSON_GET_TYPE('[1,2,3]') |
+--------------------------+
| array                    |
+--------------------------+

SQL

SELECT JSON_GET_TYPE('{"alpha”:1, "beta”:2}’);

+----------------------------------------+
| JSON_GET_TYPE('{"alpha":1, "beta":2}') |
+----------------------------------------+
| object                                 |
+----------------------------------------+

SQL

SELECT JSON_GET_TYPE('null');

+-----------------------+
| JSON_GET_TYPE('null') |
+-----------------------+
| null                  |
+-----------------------+

Note

A JSON or Javascript null value is distinct from SQL NULL.

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