On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 1:17 AM Erik Rijkers <er@xs4all.nl> wrote:
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> Op 04-04-2022 om 22:23 schreef Andrew Dunstan:
> > JSON_TABLE
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> Great that this is now committed!
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> I notice one changed item: the NESTED-PATH-phrase does not accept an
> alias anymore. The JSON_PATH v59 patches still had:
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> | NESTED PATH json_path_specification [ AS path_name ]
> COLUMNS ( json_table_column [, ...] )
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This is true.
> My complaint is only half-hearted because I don't really understand what
> the use of such nested-path aliases are. But it's a change from the
https://github.com/obartunov/sqljsondoc/blob/master/README.jsonpath.md
"Every path may be followed by a path name using an AS clause. Path
names are identifiers and must be unique and don't coincide with the
column names."
SELECT
jt.*
FROM
house,
JSON_TABLE(js, '$.floor[*]' AS lvl COLUMNS (
level int,
NESTED PATH '$.apt[*] ? (@.area > 1000)' AS big COLUMNS (
no int
)
) PLAN (lvl OUTER big) ) jt;
> earlier patch, and the nested-path aliases are used too in the
> 2017-03 'Technical report ISO/IEC TR 19075-6', which is as near I have
> to a SQL Standard description.
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> FWIW, I attach example sql+data from that .pdf from ISO (which is not
> online anymore).
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> Thanks,
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> Erik Rijkers
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