How can I use JSON_EXTRACT in MySQL and get a string without the quotes?

Question

If I have a simple SELECT statement like this:

SELECT JSON_EXTRACT(\'{\"username\":\"Alexander\"}\', \'$.username\');

I would expect it to

Answer 1

You can use JSON_UNQUOTE to achieve this.

select JSON_UNQUOTE(JSON_EXTRACT(base, '$.scope')) as scope from t_name

ref: Functions That Modify JSON Values

Answer 2

you can use replace() with it to remove quotation marks

SELECT replace(JSON_EXTRACT('{"username":"Alexander"}', '$.username'), '\"', '');