SQL Server table to json

Question

I am looking to pull some columns (Col1 and 2) of a table and put in JSON format and also write some hardcoded JSON in each node, like this.

{ \"col1

Answer 1

Use from the magic words For JSON

example:

 SELECT name, surname  
 FROM emp  
 FOR JSON AUTO  

result:

[{"name": "John"}, {"name": "Jane", "surname": "Doe"}]

more info in:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/json/format-query-results-as-json-with-for-json-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017&viewFallbackFrom=sql-server-2014