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A. Nuijten, P. BarelModern Oracle Database Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9166-5_12

12. Path Expressions in JSON

Alex Nuijten1   and Patrick Barel2
(1)
Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
(2)
Almere, Flevoland, The Netherlands
 

To work effectively with JSON, it is important to start with the basic functionality. One of the most important things to learn is the path expressions, navigating, and targeting the correct JSON keys. Path expressions are needed in SQL as well as in PL/SQL. This chapter introduces the path expression and its filtering capabilities and error handling. Finally, you look at the dot notation to extract values from a JSON ...

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