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JSONColumns

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Description

In this format, all data is represented as a single JSON Object.

Example usage

Inserting data

Using a JSON file with the following data, named as football.json:

{
    "date": ["2022-04-30", "2022-04-30", "2022-04-30", "2022-05-02", "2022-05-02", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07"],
    "season": [2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021],
    "home_team": ["Sutton United", "Swindon Town", "Tranmere Rovers", "Port Vale", "Salford City", "Barrow", "Bradford City", "Bristol Rovers", "Exeter City", "Harrogate Town A.F.C.", "Hartlepool United", "Leyton Orient", "Mansfield Town", "Newport County", "Oldham Athletic", "Stevenage Borough", "Walsall"],
    "away_team": ["Bradford City", "Barrow", "Oldham Athletic", "Newport County", "Mansfield Town", "Northampton Town", "Carlisle United", "Scunthorpe United", "Port Vale", "Sutton United", "Colchester United", "Tranmere Rovers", "Forest Green Rovers", "Rochdale", "Crawley Town", "Salford City", "Swindon Town"],
    "home_team_goals": [1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 3, 4, 0],
    "away_team_goals": [4, 1, 0, 2, 2, 3, 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3]
}

Insert the data:

INSERT INTO football FROM INFILE 'football.json' FORMAT JSONColumns;

Reading data

Read data using the JSONColumns format:

SELECT *
FROM football
FORMAT JSONColumns

The output will be in JSON format:

{
    "date": ["2022-04-30", "2022-04-30", "2022-04-30", "2022-05-02", "2022-05-02", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07", "2022-05-07"],
    "season": [2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021],
    "home_team": ["Sutton United", "Swindon Town", "Tranmere Rovers", "Port Vale", "Salford City", "Barrow", "Bradford City", "Bristol Rovers", "Exeter City", "Harrogate Town A.F.C.", "Hartlepool United", "Leyton Orient", "Mansfield Town", "Newport County", "Oldham Athletic", "Stevenage Borough", "Walsall"],
    "away_team": ["Bradford City", "Barrow", "Oldham Athletic", "Newport County", "Mansfield Town", "Northampton Town", "Carlisle United", "Scunthorpe United", "Port Vale", "Sutton United", "Colchester United", "Tranmere Rovers", "Forest Green Rovers", "Rochdale", "Crawley Town", "Salford City", "Swindon Town"],
    "home_team_goals": [1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 3, 4, 0],
    "away_team_goals": [4, 1, 0, 2, 2, 3, 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3]
}

Format settings

During import, columns with unknown names will be skipped if setting input_format_skip_unknown_fields is set to 1. Columns that are not present in the block will be filled with default values (you can use the input_format_defaults_for_omitted_fields setting here)

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