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alias: []
description: 'Documentation for the JSONCompactStringsEachRow format'
input_format: true
keywords: ['JSONCompactStringsEachRow']
output_format: true
slug: /interfaces/formats/JSONCompactStringsEachRow
title: 'JSONCompactStringsEachRow'
doc_type: 'reference'
---

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## Description {#description}

Differs from [`JSONCompactEachRow`](/reference/formats/JSON/JSONCompactEachRow) only in that data fields are output as strings, not as typed JSON values.

## Example usage {#example-usage}

### Inserting data {#inserting-data}

Using a JSON file with the following data, named as `football.json`:

```json
["2022-04-30", "2021", "Sutton United", "Bradford City", "1", "4"]
["2022-04-30", "2021", "Swindon Town", "Barrow", "2", "1"]
["2022-04-30", "2021", "Tranmere Rovers", "Oldham Athletic", "2", "0"]
["2022-05-02", "2021", "Port Vale", "Newport County", "1", "2"]
["2022-05-02", "2021", "Salford City", "Mansfield Town", "2", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Barrow", "Northampton Town", "1", "3"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Bradford City", "Carlisle United", "2", "0"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Bristol Rovers", "Scunthorpe United", "7", "0"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Exeter City", "Port Vale", "0", "1"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Harrogate Town A.F.C.", "Sutton United", "0", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Hartlepool United", "Colchester United", "0", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Leyton Orient", "Tranmere Rovers", "0", "1"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Mansfield Town", "Forest Green Rovers", "2", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Newport County", "Rochdale", "0", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Oldham Athletic", "Crawley Town", "3", "3"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Stevenage Borough", "Salford City", "4", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Walsall", "Swindon Town", "0", "3"]
```

Insert the data:

```sql
INSERT INTO football FROM INFILE 'football.json' FORMAT JSONCompactStringsEachRow;
```

### Reading data {#reading-data}

Read data using the `JSONCompactStringsEachRow` format:

```sql
SELECT *
FROM football
FORMAT JSONCompactStringsEachRow
```

The output will be in JSON format:

```json
["2022-04-30", "2021", "Sutton United", "Bradford City", "1", "4"]
["2022-04-30", "2021", "Swindon Town", "Barrow", "2", "1"]
["2022-04-30", "2021", "Tranmere Rovers", "Oldham Athletic", "2", "0"]
["2022-05-02", "2021", "Port Vale", "Newport County", "1", "2"]
["2022-05-02", "2021", "Salford City", "Mansfield Town", "2", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Barrow", "Northampton Town", "1", "3"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Bradford City", "Carlisle United", "2", "0"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Bristol Rovers", "Scunthorpe United", "7", "0"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Exeter City", "Port Vale", "0", "1"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Harrogate Town A.F.C.", "Sutton United", "0", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Hartlepool United", "Colchester United", "0", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Leyton Orient", "Tranmere Rovers", "0", "1"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Mansfield Town", "Forest Green Rovers", "2", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Newport County", "Rochdale", "0", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Oldham Athletic", "Crawley Town", "3", "3"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Stevenage Borough", "Salford City", "4", "2"]
["2022-05-07", "2021", "Walsall", "Swindon Town", "0", "3"]
```

## Format settings {#format-settings}
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