How can we remove the key from the dataset which has json

Question

uid
id
Json
4588
51
{ "key": "1/0/234", "element1":{ "a":10 "b": "test1" } }
4589
52
{ "key": "1/0/234", "element1":{ "a":10 "b": "test1" } }
4590
53
{ "key": "1/0/234", "element1":{ "a":10 "b": "test1" } }
I have the above dataset resulting from merge operation .
UID -Integer data type
ID- Integer data type
Json- String data type holding json document
How can I remove  the " key" element from the json field  and make my dataset look like 
Expected output which will strip of key value pair from the json column
uid
id
Json
4588
51
{ "element1":{ "a":10 "b": "test1" } }
4589
52
{ "element1":{ "a":10 "b": "test1" } }
4590
53
{ "element1":{ "a":10 "b": "test1" } }
Mudassar

Answer 1

Hello Mudassar,
In SQL Server / T-SQL we don't have a native JSON support, so you would have to implement a solution on your own = parsing the string and remove the "Key" + it's value.
Olaf Helper
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