In a T-SQL statement, I could retrieve both values with a query like this: Select JSON_VALUE(LastUpdate, '$.SignupDate') AS SignupDate, JSON_VALUE(LastUpdate, '$.Name.First') AS FirstName From ...

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 ...

Overview Modern databases, such as PostgreSQL, natively support JSON as data values that can be queried. This capability uses JSON-specific operators, including an operator to test for key presence.

Note that JSON_VALUE() and the RETURNING clause is part of the ANSI SQL standard, and is already supported in PostgreSQL 17 (EFCore.PG tracking issue). So we should implement all this as the default ...

If an operation requires an SQL/JSON array but the operand is not an SQL/JSON array, then the operand is wrapped in an SQL/JSON array prior to performing the operation. If an operation requires ...