I have a table with 1 column and rows like -
Row- {'category': ['mobiles'], 'specs': ['4g', '2gb ram']}
Row- {'category': ['computer'], 'specs': ['2gb ram']}
I want to flatten the data into 2 columns-
category, mobiles
specs, 4g
specs, 2gb ram
category, computer
specs, 2gb ram
I tried this
SELECT `key`,`value`
FROM table_name
CROSS JOIN JSON_TABLE(
column_name,
'$.*' COLUMNS (
`key` TEXT PATH '$',
NESTED PATH '$[*]' COLUMNS (
`value` VARCHAR(255) PATH '$'
)
)
) AS jt;
But the key column is always null.
SELECT jsonkeystable.keyname,
jsonvaluestable.value
FROM test
CROSS JOIN JSON_TABLE(
JSON_KEYS(test.jsondata),
'$[*]' COLUMNS (
keyid FOR ORDINALITY,
keyname VARCHAR(64) PATH '$'
)
) jsonkeystable
CROSS JOIN JSON_TABLE(
JSON_EXTRACT(test.jsondata, CONCAT('$.', jsonkeystable.keyname)),
'$[*]' COLUMNS (
valueid FOR ORDINALITY,
value VARCHAR(64) PATH '$'
)
) jsonvaluestable
ORDER BY test.id, jsonkeystable.keyid, jsonvaluestable.valueid
keyname | value |
---|---|
specs | 4g |
specs | 2gb ram |
category | mobiles |
specs | 2gb ram |
category | computer |
Step-by-step fiddle with some remarks.
PS. Adjust the rows ordering with proper ORDER BY clause.