SQL Server 2016: built-in JSON Use case scenarios

There's built-in JSON support starting with SQL Server 2016. Does that mean we should all ditch XML and start using JSON? It depends mostly on the target of your data output processing.

JSON Path Mode

JSON Paths

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Consuming JSON Formatted API Data in 2016

Natively consume JSON data from API sources with SQL 2016 and CLR

Getting Started with JSON Support in SQL Server 2016 – Part 2

Arshad Ali talks about using OPENJSON to read and parse JSON data and looks at how to convert it to tabular format.

JSON support in SQL Server 2016

At last, SQL Server has caught up with other RDBMSs by providing a useful measure of JSON-support. It is a useful start, even though it is nothing like as comprehensive as the existing XML support. For many applications, what is provided will be sufficient. Robert Sheldon describes what is there and what isn't.

De-normalize database schema using JSON

Jovan Popovic talks about transforming complex relational structures into simpler tables using JSON format.

So You Need to Expose JSON Endpoints

Even the most experienced programmers can be caught out unawares by software they've used for years without trouble. Dino Esposito explains why and how the JSON method in an ASP.NET MVC controller class suddenly started to cause an exception on a production server, and how he fixed the problem.