JSON Support¶

SELECT JSON¶

With SELECT statements, the JSON keyword can be used to return each row as a single JSON encoded map. The remainder of the SELECT statement behavior is the same.

The result map keys are the same as the column names in a normal result set. For example, a statement like SELECT JSON a, ttl(b) FROM ... would result in a map with keys "a" and "ttl(b)". However, this is one notable exception: for symmetry with INSERT JSON behavior, case-sensitive column names with upper-case letters will be surrounded with double-quotes. For example, SELECT JSON myColumn FROM ... would result in a map key "\"myColumn\"" (note the escaped quotes).

The map values will JSON-encoded representations (as described below) of the result set values.

INSERT JSON¶

With INSERT statements, the new JSON keyword can be used to enable inserting a JSON encoded map as a single row. The format of the JSON map should generally match that returned by a SELECT JSON statement on the same table. In particular, case-sensitive column names should be surrounded by double-quotes. For example, to insert into a table with two columns named “myKey” and “value”, you would do the following:

INSERT INTO mytable JSON '{ "\"myKey\"": 0, "value": 0}'

By default (or if DEFAULT NULL is explicitly used), a column omitted from the JSON map will be set to NULL, meaning that any pre-existing value for that column will be removed (resulting in a tombstone being created). Alternatively, if the DEFAULT UNSET directive is used after the value, omitted column values will be left unset, meaning that pre-existing values for those columns will be preserved.

JSON Encoding of ScyllaDB Data Types¶

Where possible, ScyllaDB will represent and accept data types in their native JSON representation. ScyllaDB will also accept string representations matching the CQL literal format for all single-field types. For example, floats, ints, UUIDs, and dates can be represented by CQL literal strings. However, compound types, such as collections, tuples, and user-defined types, must be represented by native JSON collections (maps and lists) or a JSON-encoded string representation of the collection.

The following table describes the encodings that ScyllaDB will accept in INSERT JSON values (and fromJson() arguments) as well as the format ScyllaDB will use when returning data for SELECT JSON statements (and fromJson()):

The fromJson() Function¶

The fromJson() function may be used similarly to INSERT JSON, but for a single column value. It may only be used in the VALUES clause of an INSERT statement or as one of the column values in an UPDATE, DELETE, or SELECT statement. For example, it cannot be used in the selection clause of a SELECT statement.

The toJson() Function¶

The toJson() function may be used similarly to SELECT JSON, but for a single column value. It may only be used in the selection clause of a SELECT statement.

• Apache Cassandra Query Language (CQL) Reference

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