I have the following SQL table
user_id product_1 product_2 product_3 123 Scissors Stone Paper
I wrote this code to format result as JSON, but can’t get it in the desired format. If i name all product columns as name
then sql returns an error
Use different names and aliases for each column in SELECT list.
Sql code:
select product1 as 'Product1', product2 as 'Product2', product3 as 'Product3' from Recommendations where user_id = '123' FOR JSON PATH, ROOT('Offers')
Current output:
{"offers":[ {"Product1": "Scissors", "Product2": "Stone", "Product3": "Paper"} ] }
Desired output:
{"offers":[ {"name": "Scissors"}, {"name": "Stone"}, {"name": "Paper"} ] }
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Answer
You may try with the next approach:
Table:
CREATE TABLE Recommendations ( user_id int, product1 varchar(100), product2 varchar(100), product3 varchar(100) ) INSERT INTO Recommendations (user_id, product1, product2, product3) VALUES (123, 'Scissors', 'Stone', 'Paper')
Statement:
SELECT v.Name FROM Recommendations r CROSS APPLY (VALUES (r.product1), (r.product2), (r.product3)) v(Name) WHERE user_id = '123' FOR JSON PATH, ROOT('Offers')
Result:
{"Offers":[{"Name":"Scissors"},{"Name":"Stone"},{"Name":"Paper"}]}