JSON and The Astronauts JSON Support in SQL Server 2016

Peter Kral

Peter Kral

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Intended Audience Familiar with SQL Server and T-SQL Unfamiliar with JSON You Like Astronauts

Agenda JSON definition JSON data structures SQL Server 2016 JSON function Demo

What’s JSON? JavaScript Object Notation Data-interchange language Text format Easy to read and write Similar purpose as XML Source: “Introducing JSON" From <http://www.json.org/>

Why JSON in SQL Server 2016? THE most-requested feature on the Microsoft SQL Server connect site SQL Server Blog https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/01/05/json-in-sql-server-2016-part-1-of-4/ As the most-requested feature on the Microsoft SQL Server connect site, with more than 1,000 votes, support for JSON text processing has been added to SQL Server 2016. Still Active as of 03/20/2017 with 1133 Up votes Source: “Microsoft Connect" From <https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback/Details/673824>

JSON Data Structures Objects (Name : Value pairs) {"NameOfObject" : "ValueOfObject"} Arrays (Collections of Values) ["ArrayValue0","ArrayValue1","ArrayValue2"]

Validating JSON in SQL Server 2016

ISJSON Validation Results Line Test String ISJSON Result Reason 1 4 Value, but no Name, no braces 2 "Simply a string" No braces. Is it a value? A name? 3 ["an","array","of","values"] A valid JSON array expression {"four" : 4 } A valid JSON object expression 5 {"num" : 1, "list" : ["an","array","of","values"]} 6 {'single-quoted ': 3} Remember! Use double quotes!

JSON T-SQL Functions New for SQL Server 2016 OPENJSON ISJSON JSON_VALUE JSON_MODIFY JSON_QUERY FOR JSON

Ellen Ochoa The first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space (1993) Ochoa became The first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1993. The astronauts were studying the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1,000 hours in space. She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002. Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration considers La Mesa, California her hometown. Ochoa graduated from Grossmont High School in El Cajon in 1975. BS in physics from San Diego State University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1980 earning a master of science degree and a doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1981 and 1985 She is married to Coe Fulmer Miles, with whom she has two children. Ochoa is a classical flutist and played with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, receiving the Student Soloist Award current Director of the Johnson Space Center. Source: “Wikipedia" From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ochoa> Image courtesy of NASA

Leland Melvin Official NASA photo (in 2015) with his two rescue dogs, Jake and Scout. Born February 15, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia. BS in chemistry from the University of Richmond, Virginia in 1986; and a Master of Science Degree in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1991. Chosen by the Detroit Lions in the 11th round of the 1986 NFL college draft.  Also participated in the Toronto Argonauts and Dallas Cowboys football training camps. NASA Outstanding Performance Awards (8), NASA Superior Accomplishment Award (2), Key to the City of Lynchburg, Virginia. the host of Child Genius (season 1 and 2) Source: "Astronaut Includes His Dogs in Official NASA Portrait" From <http://people.com/celebrity/astronaut-leland-melvin-poses-with-dogs-in-nasa-portrait/> Image courtesy of NASA

Kate Rubins Kate Rubins wears a space suit decorated by patients at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in the International Space Station. Kathleen "Kate" Rubins She became the 60th woman to fly in space when she went to the ISS last July. She graduated from UC San Diego and earned her Ph.D. in cancer biology from Stanford University. In August 2016, she became the first person to sequence DNA in space Aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Kate Rubins wears a painted suit of 'COURAGE.‘ (HOPE, COURAGE, and UNITY are the three) created by cancer patients with acrylic paint on a NASA-grade flight suit. “During the creation of COURAGE, NASA astronauts, including Kate Rubins and Nicole Stott, visited the hospital to work on the suit with patients and families,” explains Cion. “Retired Astronaut Nicole Stott was the first person to ever make a painting in space, and Kate Rubins, currently on board the International Space Station, wore the hand-painted flight suit in a live video conversation with MD Anderson pediatric patients who were able to talk to her from Mission Control.” Source: "NASA Astronaut Wears Space Suit Hand-Painted by Cancer Patients" From <http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/nasa-space-suit-painted-by-cancer-patients> Image courtesy of NASA

Mark and Scott Kelly Participants in the NASA Human Research Program (HRP) Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is a retired American astronaut, engineer and U.S. Navy Captain. He is the husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (Giffords was a victim of an assassination attempt near Tucson on January 8, 2011), and is an author, political activist, and aerospace executive and consultant. Scott Kelly’s year in space commenced 27 March 2015 with the start of Expedition 43, continued through the entirety of Expeditions 44, and 45, both of which Kelly commanded. He passed command to Timothy Kopra[8] on 29 February 2016, when the ISS year long mission ended. He returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-18M on 1 March 2016. In October 2015, he set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space by an American astronaut, 382. For the ISS year long mission, Kelly spent 340 consecutive days in space. Scott Kelly announced his retirement for April 2016 During and after Scott's year-long mission, the brothers were studied to find physical differences caused by living in space versus a baseline on Earth. Various experiments include Genome Sequencing, Epigenomics, Cognitive Performance, Microbiome in the GI Tract Source: "How Stressful Will a Trip to Mars Be on the Human Body? We Now Have a Peek Into What the NASA Twins Study Will Reveal" From <https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-stressful-will-a-trip-to-mars-be-on-the-human-body-we-now-have-a-peek-into-what-the-nasa> Image courtesy of NASA

Agenda JSON definition JSON data structures SQL Server 2016 JSON function Demo

Recommended Reading Introducing JSON http://www.json.org/ SQL Server Blog - JSON in SQL Server 2016 https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/01/05/json-in-sql-server-2016-part-1-of-4/ MSDN - JSON Data (SQL Server) https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn921897.aspx

Thank You Peter Kral Sr. Database Engineer, FTD Peter has twenty years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server. Certified MCSA 2016 and MCSE, he was recently the winner of the Speaker Idol Award at the PASS Summit 2016. Employed at e-commerce company FTD, he develops database solutions using T-SQL, SSIS and PowerShell. Peter is an active member in the PASS SQL Server User Group in San Diego, and has spoken at many SQL Saturdays and SoCal Code Camps. He will be a speaker at the PASS Summit in 2017. /peterkral @pkral peter.kral Please rate this presentation on SpeakerRate: https://speakerrate.com/talks/71321-json-and-the-astronauts 20 | |