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# JSONCompactColumns

| Input | Output | Alias |
| ----- | ------ | ----- |
| ✔     | ✔      |       |

<h2 id="description">
  Description
</h2>

In this format, all data is represented as a single JSON Array.

<Note>
  The `JSONCompactColumns` output format buffers all data in memory to output it as a single block which can lead to high memory consumption.
</Note>

<h2 id="example-usage">
  Example usage
</h2>

<h3 id="inserting-data">
  Inserting data
</h3>

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

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

Insert the data:

```sql theme={null}
INSERT INTO football FROM INFILE 'football.json' FORMAT JSONCompactColumns;
```

<h3 id="reading-data">
  Reading data
</h3>

Read data using the `JSONCompactColumns` format:

```sql theme={null}
SELECT *
FROM football
FORMAT JSONCompactColumns
```

The output will be in JSON format:

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

Columns that are not present in the block will be filled with default values (you can use [`input_format_defaults_for_omitted_fields`](/reference/settings/formats#input_format_defaults_for_omitted_fields) setting here)

<h2 id="format-settings">
  Format settings
</h2>