Storing JSON Data in SQL Server Since external systems format information as JSON text, JSON is also stored in SQL Server as text. You can use standard NVARCHAR columns to store JSON data. A simple ...

SQL Server 2016 is expected to offer native support for working with JSON. The first iteration of this support will be released as part of SQL Server 2016’s CTP 2.

With SQL Server 2016, you can store JSON objects in your rows. Here’s how to work with JSON objects, including how to update them once you’ve found them. In a previous Practical .NET column I showed ...

JSON and Entity Framework As a general remark, the JSON support in SQL Server 2016 is primarily exposed through the T-SQL syntax, as tooling is quite limited now. In particular, EF doesn't currently ...

The input JSON object can be build using other reusable JSON objects (for example a constant with nested JOIN statements, that are used in various queries. It offers an easy way to build simple or ...

CREATE INDEX idx_Person_1 ON Person(vCompany) As you can see, SQL Server provides a hybrid model where you can put values from JSON either in key or included columns and uses both JSON values and ...