JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE

Syntax

JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE(json_doc, json_doc[, json_doc] ...)

Description

Merges the given JSON documents, returning the merged result, or NULL if any argument is NULL.

JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE was introduced in MariaDB 10.2.25, MariaDB 10.3.16 and MariaDB 10.4.5 as a synonym for JSON_MERGE, which has been deprecated.

Example

SET @json1 = '[1, 2]';
SET @json2 = '[2, 3]';
SELECT JSON_MERGE_PATCH(@json1,@json2),JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE(@json1,@json2);
+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| JSON_MERGE_PATCH(@json1,@json2) | JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE(@json1,@json2) |
+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| [2, 3]                          | [1, 2, 2, 3]                       |
+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+

See Also

• JSON_MERGE_PATCH