MySQL 8.0: implementing JSON_ARRAY in INSERT statements resulting in NULL values
I need help solving I need some guidance on I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm working with an scenario with MySQL 8.0 where using `JSON_ARRAY` in my `INSERT` statements is resulting in unexpected NULL values in the inserted rows. I have a table set up to store user preferences, and I'm trying to insert a JSON array for storing favorite colors in a column defined as `JSON`. Here’s the relevant part of my code: ```sql CREATE TABLE user_preferences ( user_id INT PRIMARY KEY, favorite_colors JSON ); INSERT INTO user_preferences (user_id, favorite_colors) VALUES (1, JSON_ARRAY('red', 'green', 'blue')), (2, JSON_ARRAY('yellow', 'purple')); ``` However, when I run the following query to check the inserted values: ```sql SELECT * FROM user_preferences; ``` I get the output: ``` +---------+----------------+ | user_id | favorite_colors | +---------+----------------+ | 1 | NULL | | 2 | NULL | +---------+----------------+ ``` I’ve verified that my `user_id` values are unique and that the table is correctly set up. To troubleshoot, I also tried inserting a simple JSON object like so: ```sql INSERT INTO user_preferences (user_id, favorite_colors) VALUES (3, JSON_OBJECT('color1', 'blue', 'color2', 'red')); ``` This also resulted in the `favorite_colors` column being NULL. My MySQL server configuration is standard, and I’m not using any special character sets that might affect this. I’ve also checked the behavior log but didn’t find anything relevant. Has anyone experienced a similar scenario or have any ideas on what might be going wrong? Is there a specific setting I need to adjust in MySQL 8.0 to properly handle JSON data types in INSERT statements? My development environment is Windows. Any ideas what could be causing this? This issue appeared after updating to Sql 3.11. How would you solve this? I'm coming from a different tech stack and learning Sql. Any pointers in the right direction?