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Convert triple-triple to object-table in Sqlite JSON1

I have an Sqlite table triples that contains triple information in { id, rel, tgt } format [1]. I would like to create a view that exposes this triple-format data to "object format", which is more easily consumed by applications reading from this database. In theory sqlite's JSON1 extension would allow me to construct such objects, but I'm struggling.

My current query

select distinct json_object(
  'id', id,
  rel, json_group_array(distinct tgt)
) as entity from content
group by src, rel, tgt
order by src, rel, tgt

does not work correctly. It produces objects like

{ id: 'a', 'is': ['b'] }
{ id: 'a', 'is': ['c'] }

Rather than

{ id: 'a', 'is': ['b', 'c'] }

It also produces duplicate keys like

{ id: 'a', id: ['a'] }

Edit

This is closer, but does not handle IDs correctly. It constructs an array, not a string

create view if not exists entity as
  select distinct json_group_object(
    rel, json_array(distinct tgt)
  ) as entity from content
  group by src

I think iif might help

Question;

Can you help me adjust my query to produce correct output (see below)? Please comment if anything needs disambiguation or clarification

Desired Output

Input:

Triple Format:

id   | rel   | tgt
-----------------------
Bob   | is     | Bob
Bob   | is     | Person
Bob   | age    | 20
Bob   | likes  | cake
Bob   | likes  | chocolate
Alice | id     | Alice
Alice | is     | Person
Alice | hates  | chocolate

Output:

Object Format [2]:

{
  id:    Bob,
  is:    [ Person ],
  age:   [ 20 ],
  likes: [ cake, chocolate ]
}

{
  id:    Alice,
  is:    [ Person ],
  hates: [ chocolate ]
}

Details

[1] This dataset has unpredictable structure; I can assume no prior knowledge of what 'rel' keys exist beyond id. A triple <src> id <src> will exist for every src parameter.

[2] The objects should have the following format. id must not be overwritten.

{ 
  id: <id>
  <distinct rel>: [ 
    < tgt >
  ]
}

Relevant Information

Solution 
  • CREATE TABLE content (
  id    VARCHAR(32),
  rel   VARCHAR(32),
  tgt   VARCHAR(32)
);
INSERT INTO
  content
VALUES
  ('Bob'  , 'id'   , 'Bob'),
  ('Bob'  , 'is'   , 'Person'),
  ('Bob'  , 'age'  , '20'),
  ('Bob'  , 'likes', 'cake'),
  ('Bob'  , 'likes', 'chocolate'),
  ('Alice', 'id'   , 'Alice'),
  ('Alice', 'is'   , 'Person'),
  ('Alice', 'hates', 'chocolate')

    WITH
  id_rel AS
(
  SELECT
    id,
    rel,
    JSON_GROUP_ARRAY(tgt)  AS tgt
  FROM
    content
  GROUP BY
    id,
    rel
)
SELECT
  JSON_GROUP_OBJECT(
    rel,
    CASE WHEN rel='id'
         THEN JSON(tgt)->0
         ELSE JSON(tgt)
    END
  )
    AS entity
FROM
  id_rel
GROUP BY
  id
ORDER BY
  id
    entity
    {"hates":["chocolate"],"id":"Alice","is":["Person"]}
    {"age":["20"],"id":"Bob","is":["Person"],"likes":["cake","chocolate"]}

    fiddle

    You must aggregate in two steps, as your edited code doesn't combine cake and chocolate in to a single array of two elements...