Purpose
JSON_SHRED_BATCH and JSON_SHRED_BATCH_U are SQL stored procedures that use any number of JSON instances to populate existing tables, providing a flexible form of loading data from the JSON format into a relational model. Two shred procedures are provided; however, the only difference between them is the character set of the data. To explain the functionality, we only describe JSON_SHRED_BATCH (the version that operates on LATIN character set data), but the explanation applies equally to JSON_SHRED_BATCH_U (the UNICODE version).