How to search JSON array in MySQL? - mysql

Question

Let's say I have a JSON column named data in some MySQL table, and this column is a single array. So, for example, data may contain:
[1,2,3,4,5]
Now I want to select all rows which have a data column where one of its array elements is greater than 2. Is this possible?
I tried the following, but seems it is always true regardless of the values in the array:
SELECT * from my_table
WHERE JSON_EXTRACT(data, '$[*]') > 2;

Answer 1

You may search an array of integers as follows:
JSON_CONTAINS('[1,2,3,4,5]','7','$') Returns: 0
JSON_CONTAINS('[1,2,3,4,5]','1','$') Returns: 1
You may search an array of strings as follows:
JSON_CONTAINS('["a","2","c","4","x"]','"x"','$') Returns: 1
JSON_CONTAINS('["1","2","3","4","5"]','"7"','$') Returns: 0
Note: JSON_CONTAINS returns either 1 or 0
In your case you may search using a query like so:
SELECT * from my_table
WHERE JSON_CONTAINS(data, '2', '$');

Answer 2

SELECT JSON_SEARCH('["1","2","3","4","5"]', 'one', "2") is not null
is true
SELECT JSON_SEARCH('["1","2","3","4","5"]', 'one', "6") is not null
is false

Answer 3

Since MySQL 8 there is a new function called JSON_TABLE.
CREATE TABLE my_table (id INT, data JSON);
INSERT INTO my_table VALUES
(1, "[1,2,3,4,5]"),
(2, "[0,1,2]"),
(3, "[3,4,-10]"),
(4, "[-1,-2,0]");
SELECT DISTINCT my_table.*
FROM my_table, JSON_TABLE(data, "$[*]" COLUMNS(nr INT PATH '$')) as ids
WHERE ids.nr > 2;
+------+-----------------+
| id | data |
+------+-----------------+
| 1 | [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| 3 | [3, 4, -10] |
+------+-----------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Answer 4

I use a combination of JSON_EXTRACT and JSON_CONTAINS (MariaDB):
SELECT * FROM table WHERE JSON_CONTAINS(JSON_EXTRACT(json_field, '$[*].id'), 11, '$');

Answer 5

I don't know if we found the solution.
I found with MariaDB a way, to search path in a array. For example, in array [{"id":1}, {"id":2}], I want find path with id equal to 2.
SELECT JSON_SEARCH('name_field', 'one', 2, null, '$[*].id')
FROM name_table
The result is:
"$[1].id"
The asterisk indicate searching the entire array

Answer 6

This example works for me with mysql 5.7 above
SET #j = '{"a": [ "8428341ffffffff", "8428343ffffffff", "8428345ffffffff", "8428347ffffffff","8428349ffffffff", "842834bffffffff", "842834dffffffff"], "b": 2, "c": {"d": 4}}';
select JSON_CONTAINS(JSON_EXTRACT(#j , '$.a'),'"8428341ffffffff"','$') => returns 1
notice about " around search keyword, '"8428341ffffffff"'

Answer 7

A possible way is to deal with the problem as string matching. Convert the JSON to string and match.
Or you can use JSON_CONTAINS.

Answer 8

You can use JSON extract to search and select data
SELECT data, data->"$.id" as selectdata
FROM table
WHERE JSON_EXTRACT(data, "$.id") = '123'
#ORDER BY c->"$.name";
limit 10 ;

Answer 9

SET #doc = '[{"SongLabels": [{"SongLabelId": "111", "SongLabelName": "Funk"}, {"SongLabelId": "222", "SongLabelName": "RnB"}], "SongLabelCategoryId": "test11", "SongLabelCategoryName": "曲风"}]';
SELECT *, JSON_SEARCH(#doc, 'one', '%un%', null, '$[*].SongLabels[*].SongLabelName')FROM t_music_song_label_relation;
result: "$[0].SongLabels[0].SongLabelName"
SELECT song_label_content->'$[*].SongLabels[*].SongLabelName' FROM t_music_song_label_relation;
result: ["Funk", "RnB"]

Answer 10

I have similar problem, search via function
create function searchGT(threshold int, d JSON)
returns int
begin
set #i = 0;
while #i < json_length(d) do
if json_extract(d, CONCAT('$[', #i, ']')) > threshold then
return json_extract(d, CONCAT('$[', #i, ']'));
end if;
set #i = #i + 1;
end while;
return null;
end;
select searchGT(3, CAST('[1,10,20]' AS JSON));

Answer 11

This seems to be possible with to JSON_TABLE function. It's available in mysql version 8.0 or mariadb version 10.6.
With this test setup
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE mytable
WITH data(a,json) AS (VALUES ('a','[1]'),
('b','[1,2]'),
('c','[1,2,3]'),
('d','[1,2,3,4]'))
SELECT * from data;
we get the following table
+---+-----------+
| a | json |
+---+-----------+
| a | [1] |
| b | [1,2] |
| c | [1,2,3] |
| d | [1,2,3,4] |
+---+-----------+
It's possible to select every row from mytable wich has a value greater than 2 in the json array with this query.
SELECT * FROM mytable
WHERE TRUE IN (SELECT val > 2
FROM JSON_TABLE(json,'$[*]'
columns (val INT(1) path '$')
) as json
)
Returns:
+---+-----------+
| a | json |
+---+-----------+
| c | [1,2,3] |
| d | [1,2,3,4] |
+---+-----------+