Categories:: Semi-structured and structured data functions (Parsing)

CHECK_JSON¶

Checks the validity of a JSON document. If the input string is a valid JSON document or a NULL, the output is NULL (i.e. no error). If the input cannot be translated to a valid JSON value, the output string contains the error message.

Syntax¶

CHECK_JSON( <string_or_variant_expr> )

Arguments¶

string_or_variant_expr

A VARIANT or string value (or expression) to check.

If the expression is of type VARIANT, it should contain a string.

Examples¶

Create a table and insert some VARCHAR and VARIANT values:

CREATE TABLE sample_json_table (ID INTEGER, varchar1 VARCHAR, variant1 VARIANT);
INSERT INTO sample_json_table (ID, varchar1) VALUES 
    (1, '{"ValidKey1": "ValidValue1"}'),
    (2, '{"Malformed -- Missing value": }'),
    (3, NULL)
    ;
UPDATE sample_json_table SET variant1 = varchar1::VARIANT;

Use the CHECK_JSON function to check the validity of potential JSON-compatible strings in a VARCHAR column:

SELECT ID, CHECK_JSON(varchar1), varchar1 FROM sample_json_table ORDER BY ID;
+----+----------------------+----------------------------------+
| ID | CHECK_JSON(VARCHAR1) | VARCHAR1                         |
|----+----------------------+----------------------------------|
|  1 | NULL                 | {"ValidKey1": "ValidValue1"}     |
|  2 | misplaced }, pos 32  | {"Malformed -- Missing value": } |
|  3 | NULL                 | NULL                             |
+----+----------------------+----------------------------------+

Use the CHECK_JSON function to check the validity of potential JSON-compatible strings in a VARIANT column:

SELECT ID, CHECK_JSON(variant1), variant1 FROM sample_json_table ORDER BY ID;
+----+----------------------+--------------------------------------+
| ID | CHECK_JSON(VARIANT1) | VARIANT1                             |
|----+----------------------+--------------------------------------|
|  1 | NULL                 | "{\"ValidKey1\": \"ValidValue1\"}"   |
|  2 | misplaced }, pos 32  | "{\"Malformed -- Missing value\": }" |
|  3 | NULL                 | NULL                                 |
+----+----------------------+--------------------------------------+