With SQL Server 2016, it now makes sense to store JSON objects in your database (even though there’s no JSON datatype). Here’s how to query JSON properties to find the rows you want.

Dino Esposito explains JSON-to-rowset native support in SQL Server 2016 and provides a realistic perspective of data query when you have JSON data stored in the database.

SQL Server 2016 is expected to offer native support for working with JSON. The first iteration of this support will be released as part of SQL Server 2016’s CTP 2.

Modern databases, such as PostgreSQL, natively support JSON as data values that can be queried. This capability uses JSON-specific operators, including an operator to test for key presence. Imperva ...

For more than 40 years, SQL has provided a standard way to query structured data. However, much of the data being generated and stored today exists in semi-structured formats, like JSON, which doesn’t ...

JSON_ARRAY constructs JSON array text from zero or more expressions. The JSON_ARRAY function uses the rules described in this FOR JSON article to convert SQL data types to JSON types in the JSON array ...

Newly discovered method uses JSON syntax to deliver malicious payloads that bypass SQLi protections in popular WAFs.