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JSON_REPLACE

json_replace​

Description​

Syntax​

VARCHAR json_replace(VARCHAR json_str, VARCHAR path, VARCHAR val[, VARCHAR path, VARCHAR val] ...)

json_replace function updates data in a JSON and returns the result.Returns NULL if json_str or path is NULL. Otherwise, an error occurs if the json_str argument is not a valid JSON or any path argument is not a valid path expression or contains a * wildcard.

The path-value pairs are evaluated left to right.

A path-value pair for an existing path in the json overwrites the existing json value with the new value.

Otherwise, a path-value pair for a nonexisting path in the json is ignored and has no effect.

example​

MySQL> select json_replace(null, null, null);
+----------------------------------+
| json_replace(NULL, NULL, 'NULL') |
+----------------------------------+
| NULL |
+----------------------------------+

MySQL> select json_replace('{"k": 1}', "$.k", 2);
+----------------------------------------+
| json_replace('{\"k\": 1}', '$.k', '2') |
+----------------------------------------+
| {"k":2} |
+----------------------------------------+

MySQL> select json_replace('{"k": 1}', "$.j", 2);
+----------------------------------------+
| json_replace('{\"k\": 1}', '$.j', '2') |
+----------------------------------------+
| {"k":1} |
+----------------------------------------+

keywords​

JSON, json_replace