IF OBJECT_ID('[fnConvertJSONToTable]') IS NOT NULL BEGIN
  DROP FUNCTION [fnConvertJSONToTable]
END  
GO

CREATE FUNCTION fnConvertJSONToTable (@JSON NVARCHAR(MAX))
RETURNS @hierarchy TABLE
(
	element_id INT IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT NULL,
	sequenceNo [int] NULL,
	parent_ID INT,
	Object_ID INT,
	NAME NVARCHAR(2000),
	StringValue NVARCHAR(MAX) NOT NULL,
	ValueType VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL
)
AS
	BEGIN
		DECLARE
			@FirstObject INT,
			@OpenDelimiter INT,
			@NextOpenDelimiter INT,
			@NextCloseDelimiter INT,
			@Type NVARCHAR(10),
			@NextCloseDelimiterChar CHAR(1),
			@Contents NVARCHAR(MAX),
			@Start INT,
			@end INT,
			@param INT,
			@EndOfName INT,
			@token NVARCHAR(200),
			@value NVARCHAR(MAX),
			@SequenceNo int,
			@name NVARCHAR(200),
			@parent_ID INT,
			@lenJSON INT,
			@characters NCHAR(36),
			@result BIGINT,
			@index SMALLINT,
			@Escape INT
	    
		DECLARE @Strings TABLE
		(
			String_ID INT IDENTITY(1, 1),
			StringValue NVARCHAR(MAX)
	    )

		SELECT
			@characters='0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',
			@SequenceNo=0,
			@parent_ID=0;
		WHILE 1 = 1
			BEGIN
				SELECT
					@start=PATINDEX('%[^a-zA-Z]["]%', @json collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_Bin);
		
		IF @start=0 BREAK
	      IF SUBSTRING(@json, @start+1, 1)='"' 
	        BEGIN --Delimited Name
	          SET @start=@Start+1;
	          SET @end=PATINDEX('%[^\]["]%', RIGHT(@json, LEN(@json+'|')-@start) collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_Bin);
	        END
	      IF @end=0 --no end delimiter to last string
	        BREAK --no more
	      SELECT @token=SUBSTRING(@json, @start+1, @end-1)
	      --now put in the escaped control characters
	      SELECT @token=REPLACE(@token, FROMString, TOString)
	      FROM
	        (SELECT
	          '\"' AS FromString, '"' AS ToString
	         UNION ALL SELECT '\\', '\'
	         UNION ALL SELECT '\/', '/'
	         UNION ALL SELECT '\b', CHAR(08)
	         UNION ALL SELECT '\f', CHAR(12)
	         UNION ALL SELECT '\n', CHAR(10)
	         UNION ALL SELECT '\r', CHAR(13)
	         UNION ALL SELECT '\t', CHAR(09)
	        ) substitutions
	      SELECT @result=0, @escape=1
	  --Begin to take out any hex escape codes
	      WHILE @escape>0
	        BEGIN
	          SELECT @index=0,
	          --find the next hex escape sequence
	          @escape=PATINDEX('%\x[0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f]%', @token collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_Bin)
	          IF @escape>0 --if there is one
	            BEGIN
	              WHILE @index<4 --there are always four digits to a \x sequence   
	                BEGIN
	                  SELECT --determine its value
	                    @result=@result+POWER(16, @index)
	                    *(CHARINDEX(SUBSTRING(@token, @escape+2+3-@index, 1),
	                                @characters)-1), @index=@index+1 ;
	         
	                END
	                -- and replace the hex sequence by its unicode value
	              SELECT @token=STUFF(@token, @escape, 6, NCHAR(@result))
	            END
	        END
	      --now store the string away 
	      INSERT INTO @Strings (StringValue) SELECT @token
	      -- and replace the string with a token
	      SELECT @JSON=STUFF(@json, @start, @end+1,
	                    '@string'+CONVERT(NVARCHAR(5), @@identity))
	    END
	  -- all strings are now removed. Now we find the first leaf.  
	  WHILE 1=1  --forever until there is nothing more to do
	  BEGIN
	 
	  SELECT @parent_ID=@parent_ID+1
	  --find the first object or list by looking for the open bracket
	  SELECT @FirstObject=PATINDEX('%[{[[]%', @json collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_Bin)--object or array
	  IF @FirstObject = 0 BREAK
	  IF (SUBSTRING(@json, @FirstObject, 1)='{') 
	    SELECT @NextCloseDelimiterChar='}', @type='object'
	  ELSE 
	    SELECT @NextCloseDelimiterChar=']', @type='array'
	  SELECT @OpenDelimiter=@firstObject
	  WHILE 1=1 --find the innermost object or list...
	    BEGIN
	      SELECT
	        @lenJSON=LEN(@JSON+'|')-1
	  --find the matching close-delimiter proceeding after the open-delimiter
	      SELECT
	        @NextCloseDelimiter=CHARINDEX(@NextCloseDelimiterChar, @json,
	                                      @OpenDelimiter+1)
	  --is there an intervening open-delimiter of either type
	      SELECT @NextOpenDelimiter=PATINDEX('%[{[[]%',
	             RIGHT(@json, @lenJSON-@OpenDelimiter)collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_Bin)--object
	      IF @NextOpenDelimiter=0 
	        BREAK
	      SELECT @NextOpenDelimiter=@NextOpenDelimiter+@OpenDelimiter
	      IF @NextCloseDelimiter<@NextOpenDelimiter 
	        BREAK
	      IF SUBSTRING(@json, @NextOpenDelimiter, 1)='{' 
	        SELECT @NextCloseDelimiterChar='}', @type='object'
	      ELSE 
	        SELECT @NextCloseDelimiterChar=']', @type='array'
	      SELECT @OpenDelimiter=@NextOpenDelimiter
	    END
	  ---and parse out the list or name/value pairs
	  SELECT
	    @contents=SUBSTRING(@json, @OpenDelimiter+1,
	                        @NextCloseDelimiter-@OpenDelimiter-1)
	  SELECT
	    @JSON=STUFF(@json, @OpenDelimiter,
	                @NextCloseDelimiter-@OpenDelimiter+1,
	                '@'+@type+CONVERT(NVARCHAR(5), @parent_ID))
	  WHILE (PATINDEX('%[A-Za-z0-9@+.e]%', @contents collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_Bin))<>0 
	    BEGIN
	      IF @Type='Object' --it will be a 0-n list containing a string followed by a string, number,boolean, or null
	        BEGIN
	          SELECT
	            @SequenceNo=0,@end=CHARINDEX(':', ' '+@contents)--if there is anything, it will be a string-based name.
	          SELECT  @start=PATINDEX('%[^A-Za-z@][@]%', ' '+@contents collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_Bin)--AAAAAAAA
	          SELECT @token=SUBSTRING(' '+@contents, @start+1, @End-@Start-1),
	            @endofname=PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', @token collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_Bin),
	            @param=RIGHT(@token, LEN(@token)-@endofname+1)
	          SELECT
	            @token=LEFT(@token, @endofname-1),
	            @Contents=RIGHT(' '+@contents, LEN(' '+@contents+'|')-@end-1)
	          SELECT  @name=stringvalue FROM @strings
	            WHERE string_id=@param --fetch the name
	        END
	      ELSE 
	        SELECT @Name=null,@SequenceNo=@SequenceNo+1 
	      SELECT
	        @end=CHARINDEX(',', @contents)-- a string-token, object-token, list-token, number,boolean, or null
                IF @end=0
	        --HR Engineering notation bugfix start
	          IF ISNUMERIC(@contents) = 1
		    SELECT @end = LEN(@contents)
	          Else
	        --HR Engineering notation bugfix end 
		  SELECT  @end=PATINDEX('%[A-Za-z0-9@+.e][^A-Za-z0-9@+.e]%', @contents+' ' collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_Bin) + 1
	       SELECT
	        @start=PATINDEX('%[^A-Za-z0-9@+.e][A-Za-z0-9@+.e]%', ' '+@contents collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_Bin)
	      --select @start,@end, LEN(@contents+'|'), @contents  
	      SELECT
	        @Value=RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@contents, @start, @End-@Start)),
	        @Contents=RIGHT(@contents+' ', LEN(@contents+'|')-@end)
	      IF SUBSTRING(@value, 1, 7)='@object' 
	        INSERT INTO @hierarchy
	          (NAME, SequenceNo, parent_ID, StringValue, Object_ID, ValueType)
	          SELECT @name, @SequenceNo, @parent_ID, SUBSTRING(@value, 8, 5),
	            SUBSTRING(@value, 8, 5), 'object' 
	      ELSE 
	        IF SUBSTRING(@value, 1, 6)='@array' 
	          INSERT INTO @hierarchy
	            (NAME, SequenceNo, parent_ID, StringValue, Object_ID, ValueType)
	            SELECT @name, @SequenceNo, @parent_ID, SUBSTRING(@value, 7, 5),
	              SUBSTRING(@value, 7, 5), 'array' 
	        ELSE 
	          IF SUBSTRING(@value, 1, 7)='@string' 
	            INSERT INTO @hierarchy
	              (NAME, SequenceNo, parent_ID, StringValue, ValueType)
	              SELECT @name, @SequenceNo, @parent_ID, stringvalue, 'string'
	              FROM @strings
	              WHERE string_id=SUBSTRING(@value, 8, 5)
	          ELSE 
	            IF @value IN ('true', 'false') 
	              INSERT INTO @hierarchy
	                (NAME, SequenceNo, parent_ID, StringValue, ValueType)
	                SELECT @name, @SequenceNo, @parent_ID, @value, 'boolean'
	            ELSE
	              IF @value='null' 
	                INSERT INTO @hierarchy
	                  (NAME, SequenceNo, parent_ID, StringValue, ValueType)
	                  SELECT @name, @SequenceNo, @parent_ID, @value, 'null'
	              ELSE
	                IF PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%', @value collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_Bin)>0 
	                  INSERT INTO @hierarchy
	                    (NAME, SequenceNo, parent_ID, StringValue, ValueType)
	                    SELECT @name, @SequenceNo, @parent_ID, @value, 'real'
	                ELSE
	                  INSERT INTO @hierarchy
	                    (NAME, SequenceNo, parent_ID, StringValue, ValueType)
	                    SELECT @name, @SequenceNo, @parent_ID, @value, 'int'
	      if @Contents=' ' Select @SequenceNo=0
	    END
	  END
	INSERT INTO @hierarchy (NAME, SequenceNo, parent_ID, StringValue, Object_ID, ValueType)
	  SELECT '-',1, NULL, '', @parent_id-1, @type
	--
	   RETURN
	END
GO