SQL Server 2016 adds new support for the JSON format when retrieving rows from a database table. Because most Web Services now return data in the JSON format, this support can simplify those Action ...

However, SQL Server 2016 also fully supports the rowset-to-JSON query scenario when you write a regular T-SQL query and then map results to JSON objects via the FOR JSON clause. For more information ...

"Relational SQL operates over tables and columns and needs a strict schema," Biyikoglu said. "With N1QL, all queries are executed over JSON data in Couchbase Server. You don't have to deal with a ...

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.

Couchbase exec Cihan Biyikoglu explained the idea in a blog post last June. "Relational SQL operates over tables and columns and needs a strict schema," Biyikoglu said. "With N1QL, all queries are ...

For more than 40 years, SQL has provided a standard way to query structured data. However, much of the data being generated and stored today exists in semi-structured formats, like JSON, which doesn’t ...