Question

I have a json object in my JavaScript file containing

"qs": {}

which when I store it in the database, becomes:

[object Object]

At other times the same object looks like this:

"qs":{"id": "stackoverflow"}

or this:

"qs":{"id": "stackoverflow", "location": "USA"}

But regardless of how many elements the array contains, I want to store it in a single database table field – so I need to compress it into a readable string.

What’s the best way to do this with a field that may be null at certain times (as above)?

Answer 1

You probably want to use stringify to convert the object to a string.

Also {} is not null, it is an empty object. "qs" : null is null.