IBM® Informix® 12.10

only_json_values index parameter

Enable the only_json_values index parameter to index only the values in the JSON or BSON documents as unstructured text. The field names are not indexed.

You can index both field name-value pairs and values, but not field names, as unstructured text. The json_names or all_json_names index parameter enables the indexing of field name-value pairs. The include_contents index parameter enables the indexing of field names and values as unstructured text. Add the only_json_values index parameter to modify the behavior of the include_contents index parameter to omit field names from the contents field.

Example: Index values as unstructured text

The following statement creates a bts index with the only_json_values index parameter enabled on the example JSON docs column:

create index bts_idx 
          on json_tab (docs bts_json_ops) 
       using bts(only_json_values="yes"); 

The resulting index indexes the following unstructured text that contains only the values in the document in the contents field:

contents: jim flynn 29 dodge olds slim flynn lynn

Example: Index all field name-value pairs and values as unstructured text

The following statement creates a bts index with the all_json_names, only_json_values, and include_contents index parameters enabled on the example JSON docs column:

create index bts_idx 
          on json_tab (docs bts_json_ops) 
       using bts(
                 all_json_names="yes", 
                 include_contents="yes",
                 only_json_values="yes"); 

The resulting index contains the following 9 field name-value pairs and the values as unstructured text in the contents field:

givenname: jim
givenname: slim 
givenname: lynn
age: 29
cars: dodge
cars: olds
surname: flynn
surname: flynn
surname: kim
contents: jim flynn 29 dodge olds slim flynn lynn kim


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