Learn about the best ways to extract data using SQL from text files in different formats, such as CSV, JSON, XML, or plain text. See examples of commands and queries.

The same can't be said for other complex types such as XML, CLR and Spatial that are still on the waiting list. In this column, I focused on the JSON-to-rowset scenario. However, SQL Server 2016 also ...

In a previous Practical .NET column I showed how to retrieve rows that hold JSON objects by querying on values in those objects’ properties. However, sometimes you’ll want to work with the complete ...