Oracle 12.1.0.2版本有一個新功能就是可以儲存、查詢、索引JSON資料格式，而且也實現了使用SQL語句來解析JSON，非常方便。JSON資料在資料庫中以VARCHAR2, CLOB或者BLOB進行儲存。Oracle建議使用者在插入JSON資料之前,使用is_json來驗證輸入JSON資料的正確性。另外，Oracle也提供了相關的函式：

• Functions：json_value, json_query,  json_table.
• Conditions：json_exists, is json, is not json, json_textcontains.

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SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Wed Jul 30 05:19:34 2014

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Last Successful login time: Tue Jul 29 2014 09:47:20 -04:00

Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

SQL> CREATE TABLE j_purchaseorder
   (id          RAW (16) NOT NULL,
    date_loaded TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE,
    po_document CLOB
    CONSTRAINT ensure_json CHECK (po_document IS JSON));  2    3    4    5

Table created.
 

SQL> INSERT INTO j_purchaseorder
  2    VALUES (SYS_GUID(),
  3            SYSTIMESTAMP,
  4  '{ "PONumber"             : 1600,
  5    "Reference"            : "ABULL-20140421",
  6    "Requestor"            : "Alexis Bull",
  7    "User"                 : "ABULL",
  8    "CostCenter"           : "A50",
  9    "ShippingInstructions" : { "name"   : "Alexis Bull",
 10                               "Address": { "street"  : "200 Sporting Green",
 11                                            "city"    : "South San Francisco",
 12                                            "state"   : "CA",
 13                                            "zipCode" : 99236,
 14                                            "country" : "United States of America" },
 15                               "Phone" : [ { "type" : "Office", "number" : "909-555-7307" },
                                         { "type" : "Mobile", "number" : "415-555-1234" } ] },
 16   17    "Special Instructions" : null,
 18    "AllowPartialShipment" : false,
 19    "LineItems"            : [ { "ItemNumber" : 1,
 20                                 "Part"       : { "Description" : "One Magic Christmas",
 21                                                  "UnitPrice"   : 19.95,
 22                                                  "UPCCode"     : 13131092899 },
 23                                 "Quantity"   : 9.0 },
 24                               { "ItemNumber" : 2,
 25                                 "Part"       : { "Description" : "Lethal Weapon",
 26                                                  "UnitPrice"   : 19.95,
 27                                                  "UPCCode"     : 85391628927 },
 28                                 "Quantity"   : 5.0 } ] }');

1 row created.
 

SQL> SELECT po.po_document.PONumber FROM j_purchaseorder po;

PONUMBER
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1600

SQL> SELECT po.po_document.ShippingInstructions.Phone FROM j_purchaseorder po;

SHIPPINGINSTRUCTIONS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[{"type":"Office","number":"909-555-7307"},{"type":"Mobile","number":"415-555-12
34"}]


SQL> SELECT po.po_document.ShippingInstructions.Phone.type FROM j_purchaseorder po;

SHIPPINGINSTRUCTIONS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Office,Mobile]