title: Amazon RDS MySQL support for JSON functions
body: <p>I'm interested in using these functions in my Amazon RDS with MySQL instance:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/json-functions.html" rel="nofollow">https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/json-functions.html</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>But looks like they are not available:</p>
  
  <pre><code>FUNCTION mysql.JSON_CONTAINS does not exist
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It can be because the MySQL version Amazon is running: </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/json-functions.html" rel="nofollow">https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/json-functions.html</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"Unless otherwise indicated, the JSON functions were added in MySQL
    5.7.8."</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code>mysql&gt; SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%";
  innodb_version 5.6.19
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any solution for MySQL JSON support in Amazon RDS?</p>