Export Data into JSON File in Oracle 11g Using PL/SQL

In this article, I am giving an example to export data into JSON file in Oracle 11g using PL/SQL.

Follow These Steps to Export Data into JSON File in Oracle 11g

1. First, download the Alexandria PL/SQL utility package from GITHUB using the following link: Download alexandria_plsql_utility package.
2. After downloading the zip file, extract it and find the JSON_UTIL_PKG in the "alexandria-plsql-utils-master\alexandria-plsql-utils-master\ora" directory.
3. Install JSON_UTIL_PKG package specification and body into your schema
4. After that download the "WRITE_CLOB_TO_FILE" PL/SQL procedure from the following link: Download Write_Clob_To_File.
5. Install this procedure also into your schema.

Now you can generate the JSON file from Oracle table using PL/SQL, as shown in below example.

Oracle 11g SQL to JSON Example

In the following example, we will get the data into CLOB variable using JSON_UTIL_PKG.SQL_TO_JSON function and then we will write that CLOB has JSON data into a FILE using WRITE_CLOB_TO_FILE procedure. We will pass three parameters to WRITE_CLOB_TO_FILE procedure, and they are as follows: a file name, directory object name, and the CLOB variable.

DECLARE
c CLOB;
BEGIN
SELECT json_util_pkg.sql_to_json('select EMPNO, ENAME, JOB, MGR, HIREDATE, SAL, COMM, DEPTNO from emp2')
INTO c
FROM DUAL;

WRITE_CLOB_TO_FILE ('emp.json', 'JSON_DIR', c);
END;
/

Now you can check the location of directory object JSON_DIR, and you will find the JSON file as shown in below example output:

{"ROWSET":[{"EMPNO":7369,"ENAME":"SMITH","JOB":"CLERK","MGR":7902,"HIREDATE":"17-DEC-80","SAL":800,"COMM":null,"DEPTNO":21},{"EMPNO":7499,"ENAME":"ALLEN","JOB":"SALESMAN","MGR":7698,"HIREDATE":"20-FEB-81","SAL":1600,"COMM":300,"DEPTNO":30},{"EMPNO":7521,"ENAME":"WARD","JOB":"SALESMAN","MGR":7698,"HIREDATE":"22-FEB-81","SAL":1250,"COMM":500,"DEPTNO":30},{"EMPNO":7566,"ENAME":"JONES","JOB":"MANAGER","MGR":7839,"HIREDATE":"04-FEB-81","SAL":2975,"COMM":null,"DEPTNO":20},{"EMPNO":7654,"ENAME":"MARTIN","JOB":"SALESMAN","MGR":7698,"HIREDATE":"28-SEP-81","SAL":1250,"COMM":1400,"DEPTNO":30},{"EMPNO":7698,"ENAME":"BLAKE","JOB":"MANAGER","MGR":7839,"HIREDATE":"05-JAN-81","SAL":2850,"COMM":null,"DEPTNO":30},{"EMPNO":7782,"ENAME":"CLARK","JOB":"MANAGER","MGR":7839,"HIREDATE":"06-SEP-81","SAL":2450,"COMM":null,"DEPTNO":10},{"EMPNO":7788,"ENAME":"SCOTT","JOB":"ANALYST","MGR":7566,"HIREDATE":"19-APR-87","SAL":3000,"COMM":null,"DEPTNO":20},{"EMPNO":7839,"ENAME":"KING","JOB":"PRESIDENT","MGR":null,"HIREDATE":"17-NOV-81","SAL":5000,"COMM":null,"DEPTNO":10},{"EMPNO":7844,"ENAME":"TURNER","JOB":"SALESMAN","MGR":7698,"HIREDATE":"09-AUG-81","SAL":1500,"COMM":0,"DEPTNO":30},{"EMPNO":7876,"ENAME":"ADAMS","JOB":"CLERK","MGR":7788,"HIREDATE":"23-MAY-87","SAL":1100,"COMM":null,"DEPTNO":20},{"EMPNO":7900,"ENAME":"JAMES","JOB":"CLERK","MGR":7698,"HIREDATE":"12-MAR-81","SAL":950,"COMM":null,"DEPTNO":30},{"EMPNO":7902,"ENAME":"FORD","JOB":"ANALYST","MGR":7566,"HIREDATE":"12-MAR-81","SAL":3000,"COMM":null,"DEPTNO":20},{"EMPNO":7934,"ENAME":"MILLER","JOB":"CLERK","MGR":7782,"HIREDATE":"23-JAN-82","SAL":1300,"COMM":null,"DEPTNO":10}]}

See also:

• Export Data into Excel Using PLSQL
• Oracle SQL Query to Parse and Extract JSON Data with JSON_TABLE