Dino Esposito explains JSON-to-rowset native support in SQL Server 2016 and provides a realistic perspective of data query when you have JSON data stored in the database.

Since SP can't consume a JSON list (I don't think), I think I have to put together a Business Data Connectivity Model in VS2010. Beyond that, though, I'm struggling to figure out exactly how to ...

With SQL Server 2016, it now makes sense to store JSON objects in your database (even though there’s no JSON datatype). Here’s how to query JSON properties to find the rows you want.