15.17 GET_VARCHAR2 Function

This function returns a varchar2 member value. This function converts boolean and number values to varchar2 values.

Syntax

APEX_JSON.GET_VARCHAR2 (
    p_path             IN VARCHAR2,
    p0                 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p1                 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p2                 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p3                 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p4                 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p_default          IN BOOLEAN  DEFAULT NULL,
    p_values           IN t_values DEFAULT g_values )
RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 15-17 GET_VARCHAR2 Function Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_path`	Index into `p_values`.
`p[0-4]`	Each %N in `p_path` is replaced by `pN` and every i-th %s or %d is replaced by the `p[i-1]`.
`p_default`	The default value if the member does not exist.
`p_values`	Parsed JSON members. The default is `g_values`.

Returns/Raised Errors

Table 15-18 GET_VARCHAR2 Function Returns and Raised Errors

Return	Description
`VARCHAR2`	This is the value at the given path position.
`VALUE_ERROR`	Raises this error if `p_values(p_path)` is not an array or object.

Example

This example parses a JSON string and prints the value at a position.

DECLARE 
    j apex_json.t_values; 
BEGIN 
    apex_json.parse(j, '{ "items": [ 1, 2, { "foo": 42 } ] }'); 
    dbms_output.put_line(apex_json.get_varchar2(p_path=>'items[%d].foo',p0=> 3,p_values=>j)); 
END;