How to search JSON array in MySQL?

Question

Let\'s say I have a JSON column named data in some MySQL table, and this column is a single array. So, for example, data may contain:

Answer 1

Since MySQL 8 there is a new function called JSON_TABLE.

CREATE TABLE my_table (id INT, data JSON);

INSERT INTO my_table VALUES 
  (1, "[1,2,3,4,5]"), 
  (2, "[0,1,2]"), 
  (3, "[3,4,-10]"), 
  (4, "[-1,-2,0]");

SELECT DISTINCT my_table.* 
FROM my_table, JSON_TABLE(data, "$[*]" COLUMNS(nr INT PATH '$')) as ids 
WHERE ids.nr > 2;

+------+-----------------+
| id   | data            |
+------+-----------------+
|    1 | [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
|    3 | [3, 4, -10]     |
+------+-----------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)