18th January 2022
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json_extract() path syntax in SQLite
— Several of the [SQLite JSON functions](), such as `json_extract()` and `json_array_length()`, take a path argument. This uses custom syntax along the lines of `$.a[2].b`, as described [in the documentation here](https://sqlite.org/json1.html#path_arguments).
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