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# JSONCompactEachRowWithNames

| Input | Output | Alias |
| ----- | ------ | ----- |
| ✔     | ✔      |       |

<h2 id="description">
  Description
</h2>

Differs from the [`JSONCompactEachRow`](/reference/formats/JSON/JSONCompactEachRow) format in that it also prints the header row with column names, similar to the [`TabSeparatedWithNames`](/reference/formats/TabSeparated/TabSeparatedWithNames) format.

<h2 id="example-usage">
  Example usage
</h2>

<h3 id="inserting-data">
  Inserting data
</h3>

Using a JSON file with the following data, named as `football.json`:

```json theme={null}
["date", "season", "home_team", "away_team", "home_team_goals", "away_team_goals"]
["2022-04-30", 2021, "Sutton United", "Bradford City", 1, 4]
["2022-04-30", 2021, "Swindon Town", "Barrow", 2, 1]
["2022-04-30", 2021, "Tranmere Rovers", "Oldham Athletic", 2, 0]
["2022-05-02", 2021, "Port Vale", "Newport County", 1, 2]
["2022-05-02", 2021, "Salford City", "Mansfield Town", 2, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Barrow", "Northampton Town", 1, 3]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Bradford City", "Carlisle United", 2, 0]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Bristol Rovers", "Scunthorpe United", 7, 0]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Exeter City", "Port Vale", 0, 1]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Harrogate Town A.F.C.", "Sutton United", 0, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Hartlepool United", "Colchester United", 0, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Leyton Orient", "Tranmere Rovers", 0, 1]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Mansfield Town", "Forest Green Rovers", 2, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Newport County", "Rochdale", 0, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Oldham Athletic", "Crawley Town", 3, 3]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Stevenage Borough", "Salford City", 4, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Walsall", "Swindon Town", 0, 3]
```

Insert the data:

```sql theme={null}
INSERT INTO football FROM INFILE 'football.json' FORMAT JSONCompactEachRowWithNames;
```

<h3 id="reading-data">
  Reading data
</h3>

Read data using the `JSONCompactEachRowWithNames` format:

```sql theme={null}
SELECT *
FROM football
FORMAT JSONCompactEachRowWithNames
```

The output will be in JSON format:

```json theme={null}
["date", "season", "home_team", "away_team", "home_team_goals", "away_team_goals"]
["2022-04-30", 2021, "Sutton United", "Bradford City", 1, 4]
["2022-04-30", 2021, "Swindon Town", "Barrow", 2, 1]
["2022-04-30", 2021, "Tranmere Rovers", "Oldham Athletic", 2, 0]
["2022-05-02", 2021, "Port Vale", "Newport County", 1, 2]
["2022-05-02", 2021, "Salford City", "Mansfield Town", 2, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Barrow", "Northampton Town", 1, 3]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Bradford City", "Carlisle United", 2, 0]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Bristol Rovers", "Scunthorpe United", 7, 0]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Exeter City", "Port Vale", 0, 1]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Harrogate Town A.F.C.", "Sutton United", 0, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Hartlepool United", "Colchester United", 0, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Leyton Orient", "Tranmere Rovers", 0, 1]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Mansfield Town", "Forest Green Rovers", 2, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Newport County", "Rochdale", 0, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Oldham Athletic", "Crawley Town", 3, 3]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Stevenage Borough", "Salford City", 4, 2]
["2022-05-07", 2021, "Walsall", "Swindon Town", 0, 3]
```

<h2 id="format-settings">
  Format settings
</h2>

<Note>
  If setting [`input_format_with_names_use_header`](/reference/settings/formats#input_format_with_names_use_header) is set to 1,
  the columns from input data will be mapped to the columns from the table by their names, columns with unknown names will be skipped if setting [`input_format_skip_unknown_fields`](/reference/settings/formats#input_format_skip_unknown_fields) is set to 1.
  Otherwise, the first row will be skipped.
</Note>