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    key ANY,             -- key for current element relative to its parent
    value ANY,           -- value for the current element
    type TEXT,           -- 'object','array','string','integer', etc.
    atom ANY,            -- value for primitive types, null for array & object
    id INTEGER           -- integer ID for this element
    parent INTEGER,      -- integer ID for the parent of this element
    fullkey TEXT,        -- full path describing the current element
    path TEXT,           -- path to the container of the current row
    json JSON HIDDEN,    -- 1st input parameter: the raw JSON
    root TEXT HIDDEN     -- 2nd input parameter: the PATH at which to start
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<p>
The "key" column is the integer array index for elements of a JSON array 
and the text label for elements of a JSON object.  The key column is
NULL in all other cases.

only guarantee is that the "id" column will be different for every row.

<p>
The "parent" column is always NULL for json_each().
For json_tree(),
the "parent" column is the "id" integer for the parent of the current
element, or NULL for the top-level JSON element or the element identified
by the root path in the second argument.

<p>
The "fullkey" column is a text path that uniquely identifies the current
row element within the original JSON string.  The complete key to the
true top-level element is returned even if an alternative starting point
is provided by the "root" argument.

<p>
The "path" column is the path to the array or object container the holds 
the current row, or the path to the current row in the case where the 
iteration starts on a primitive type and thus only provides a single
row of output.

<h4>2.9.1 Examples using json_each() and json_tree()</h4>

<p>Suppose the table "CREATE TABLE user(name,phone)" stores zero or
more phone numbers as a JSON array object in the user.phone field.
To find all users who have any phone number with a 704 area code: