MariaDB JSON_COMPACT() Explained

In MariaDB, JSON_COMPACT() is a built-in function that removes all unnecessary spaces from a JSON document, so that it’s as short and compact as possible, and returns the result.

This can be handy for when you need to store JSON data in a database column, and you don’t want the JSON documents to use up any more space than is necessary.

For the opposite effect (i.e. to prettify a JSON document by adding indents and spreading it over multiple lines), use the JSON_DETAILED() function.

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MariaDB JSON_ARRAYAGG() Explained

In MariaDB, JSON_ARRAYAGG() is a built-in function that returns a JSON array containing an element for each value in a given set of JSON or SQL values.

The function acts on a column or an expression that evaluates to a single value. It enables you to aggregate a result set as a single JSON array. Each row of the result set ends up as a single element in the array.

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