Here you can see the main difference between traditional relational-only and document-only systems and the hybrid model that SQL Server 2016 provides. In SQL Server 2016, you can combine both scalar ...

Practical .NET Querying JSON Data in SQL Server 2016 With SQL Server 2016, it now makes sense to store JSON objects in your database (even though there’s no JSON datatype). Here’s how to query JSON ...

JSON is currently one of the most commonly used data exchange formats. Most modern services return information formatted as JSON text; web browsers use information formatted as JSON. JSON is the ...

Dino Esposito explains JSON-to-rowset native support in SQL Server 2016 and provides a realistic perspective of data query when you have JSON data stored in the database.

JSON_ARRAY constructs JSON array text from zero or more expressions. The JSON_ARRAY function uses the rules described in this FOR JSON article to convert SQL data types to JSON types in the JSON array ...

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.

In SQL Server 2025 (and an upcoming update of Azure SQL), the JSON_VALUE () function will be improved to support a RETURNING clause, allowing specifying the data type coming out of the JSON property.