JSON Data Type | INSERT Examples | Teradata Vantage - Examples: Inserting Values into a JSON Column - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

Example: INSERT Statement

The example creates a table with a JSON column, allocates and initializes a JSON instance using the JSON constructor, then inserts the JSON and integer values into the table.

CREATE TABLE my_table (eno INTEGER, edata JSON(100));
INSERT INTO my_table VALUES(1, 
	NEW JSON('{"name" : "Cameron", "age" : 24}')); 

The example inserts a JSON string into a table that contains a JSON column.

INSERT INTO my_table VALUES(2, 
	'{"name" : "Cameron", "age" : 24}');

INSERT INTO my_table VALUES(3,
	'{"name" : "Cameron"');

*** Failure 7548: Syntax error in JSON string: expected a '}'.

Example: INSERT...SELECT Statement

The example creates two tables, then inserts JSON data into the second table from the first table.

CREATE TABLE my_table (eno INTEGER, edata JSON(100));
CREATE TABLE my_table2 (eno INTEGER, edata JSON(20));

INSERT INTO my_table VALUES(1, 
	NEW JSON('{"name" : "Cam"}'));
INSERT INTO my_Table2
	SELECT * FROM my_table;

INSERT INTO my_table VALUES(1, 
	NEW JSON('{"name" : "Cameron", "age" : 24}'));
INSERT INTO my_Table2
	SELECT * FROM my_table;

*** Failure 7548: Data too large for this JSON instance.