MySQL query to search a field with JSON string

Question

This might be simple enough with basic SQL or it might need a REGEXP but I\'ve hit a brick wall.

My data is stored in a JSON string like these two examples (each in

Answer 1

I think I solved it by using this: AND extra_fields REGEXP '(.*"id":"2".*)("\[.*"1".*\]")'. It's more to do with regular expressions than it is to do with MySQL :P

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This syntax becomes clearer when you learn that "extra_fields" is the name of the column in the table