# name: test/sql/json/issues/issue16570.test
# description: Test issue 16570 - JSON type: string slice operation results in result value with JSON type, expected VARCHAR
# group: [issues]

require json

statement ok
pragma enable_verification

query II
with cte as (
    select '{"a":1}'::JSON as j
)
select typeof(j[2:3]), typeof(substring(j, 2, 3))
from cte
----
VARCHAR	VARCHAR