Extract a JSON field.
Read a scalar value from JSON text.
SELECT json_extract('{"profile":{"name":"Ada"}}', '$.profile.name');Expected output EXAMPLE
Ada
Details
Requires SQLite 3.40 or later. Run with sqlite3 demo.db in a scratch directory. Result rows below use | between columns, without headers; client display formatting may differ. A scalar string is returned as SQL text without JSON quotes. The verifier uses a fresh SQLite file for each example.
Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · SQLite 3.45.1 · sqlite3 3.45.1-1ubuntu2.8
Test inputs, results and environment
The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Snippet process uid 65534 with a read-only root filesystem and temporary working files. Networking disabled. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.
- Architecture / host kernel
- x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Snippet identity / locale
- uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged process) / C.UTF-8
- Interpreter invocation
Execute the exact SQL in a fresh database/schema; serialize result rows with | separators- Container image ID
sha256:ec91410a8f6ec3e985830b5e3a0560306d36f8c1c5ccd91a6699abe707123fa3- Code SHA-256
70f90b711a0c2a1248108f30a8eda895ae06d631554937904736121140672e21- Dependencies
- sqlite3 3.45.1-1ubuntu2.8
Test input setup
These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.
# No input files required.
Observed standard output
Ada
Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.