@gcue: You only answered the least important question that I asked.  You didn't provide any information regarding what information you're trying to gather from the JSON data, what you've tried, which UDFs you attempted to use, and where or how your attempts came up short. JSON is simple when you use the right tools for the job.  Using regular expressions to just parse JSON data is very fast, but it can be quite complex to cover all of the necessary criteria when compared to purpose-bui