SQLite provides several functions for inserting, setting, and replacing values in a JSON document. Specifically, it provides json_insert(), json_set(), and json_replace().
These functions perform similar tasks, and you can sometimes use them interchangeably to a certain point.
But there is definitely a clear difference between each function.
When using SQLite, we can use the following methods to extract data from a JSON document.
The -> and ->> operators were introduced in SQLite version 3.38.0, which was released on 22 February 2022. Both operators are used for extracting subcomponents of JSON. But there’s a subtle difference between them.
Below is a full list of JSON functions and JSON operators available in SQLite.
In SQLite, the ->> operator extracts a subcomponent from a JSON document and returns an SQL representation of that subcomponent.
The ->> operator was first introduced in SQLite version 3.38.0 (released on 22 February 2022).
In SQLite, the -> operator extracts a subcomponent from a JSON document and returns a JSON representation of that subcomponent.
The -> operator was first introduced in SQLite version 3.38.0 (released on 22 February 2022).
In SQLite, json_tree() is a table-valued function that walks the JSON value provided as its first argument and returns a table consisting of one row for each array element or object member.
We provide the JSON value as an argument when we call the function.
In SQLite, json_each() is a table-valued function that walks the JSON value provided as its first argument and returns a table consisting of one row for each array element or object member.
We provide the JSON value as an argument when we call the function.
The SQLite json_type() function returns the type of the outermost element of the given JSON.
We provide the JSON as an argument when we call the function.
We can optionally pass a path, which allows us to get the type of a specific array element or object member within the JSON.
In SQLite, the json_quote() function converts a number or string into its corresponding JSON representation.
We provide the number or string as an argument when we call the function, and the function returns a JSON representation of that value.