Use when working with JSON columns in MariaDB, comparing MariaDB JSON to MySQL JSON behaviour, indexing JSON paths, validating JSON structure, or extracting / setting / merging JSON values. Prevents the common mistake of assuming MariaDB JSON is binary like MySQL 5.7.8+, forgetting CHECK (JSON_VALID
Use when working with JSON columns in MariaDB, comparing MariaDB JSON to MySQL JSON behaviour, indexing JSON paths, validating JSON structure, or extracting / setting / merging JSON values. Prevents the common mistake of assuming MariaDB JSON is binary like MySQL 5.7.8+, forgetting CHECK (JSON_VALID(col)) so the column accepts arbitrary text, using deprecated JSON_MERGE instead of the explicit PAT