Create nested JSON arrays using FOR JSON PATH

Question

I need to create a JSON output from a query that uses inner join between two tables with a one to many relationship.
I would like the values of the secondary table to be

Answer 1

You can use the following query:

SELECT pr.person_id AS [person.id], pr.person_name AS [person.name],
    (
        SELECT pt.pet_id AS id, pt.pet_name AS name 
        FROM @Pets pt WHERE pt.pet_owner=pr.person_id 
        FOR JSON PATH
    ) AS [person.pet]
FROM @Persons pr 
FOR JSON PATH, ROOT('pet owners')

For more information, see https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqlserverstorageengine/2015/10/09/returning-child-rows-formatted-as-json-in-sql-server-queries/