Description
The JSON stored in a SQL Server column always has its Unicode characters escaped. For example, this code:
context.Add(new Customer { Json = new MyJson { Be = "Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains" } } );
await context.SaveChangesAsync();Results in the following JSON in the database:
{"Be":"F\u00FCz\u00E9r Castle in the Zempl\u00E9n Mountains"}However, there is nothing preventing the JSON being stored as:
{"Be":"Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains"}EF reads the correct string back in both cases, but other tools may not be expecting escaped JSON for all Unicode characters.
Test code:
using (var context = new SomeDbContext())
{
await context.Database.EnsureDeletedAsync();
await context.Database.EnsureCreatedAsync();
context.Add(new Customer { Json = new MyJson { Be = "Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains" } });
await context.SaveChangesAsync();
}
using (var context = new SomeDbContext())
{
foreach (var c in context.Set<Customer>().ToList())
{
Console.WriteLine(c.Json.Be);
}
}
public class SomeDbContext : DbContext
{
protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
=> optionsBuilder
.UseSqlServer(@"Data Source=(LocalDb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Database=AllTogetherNow")
.LogTo(Console.WriteLine, LogLevel.Information)
.EnableSensitiveDataLogging();
protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
modelBuilder.Entity<Customer>().OwnsOne(e => e.Json).ToJson();
}
}
public class Customer
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public MyJson Json { get; set; }
}
public class MyJson
{
public string? Be { get; set; }
}