Parse and Transform JSON Array of strings in sql

Question

I have a table that has a column that contains an array of strings, example ["Emily", "Anna"] , I need to parse this array into 2 columns. Is there a way to do this in sql?

I have tried OPENJSON but this function doesn't work in databricks

Answer 1

Just use the array element indexes:

demo:db<>fiddle

SELECT
    mycolumn[1] AS first_value,
    mycolumn[2] AS second_value
FROM
    mytable