You have a Snowflake table named 'sensor_data' with a column 'reading' containing JSON data'. The JSON structure varies, but you want to extract a specific nested value, 'temperature', using a UDE The path to 'temperature' might be different depending on the 'sensor_type'. Some sensors have the temperature at '$.metrics.temperature' , others at '$.reading.temp_c'. The sensor type is stored in the 'sensor_type' column. You want to create a UDF named which takes the JSON 'reading' and the 'sensor_type' as input and extracts the temperature, returning NULL if the path does not exist in the JSON. How can you implement this using a JavaScript UDF and Snowflake's JSON parsing functions for optimal performance?

Correct Answer: C
Option C is the MOST optimal. It uses 'VARIANT as the input data type for 'reading' , which avoids the unnecessary parsing of JSON using as Snowflake automatically parses JSON data into a VARIANT type. It also includes a 'try...catch' block to handle cases where the specified path does not exist within the JSON, returning 'NULL' as required. This prevents errors from halting the query. Using 'VARIANT directly and exception handling offers superior performance. Option A and D parse VARIANT as String, leading to parsing overhead. B misses the try catch block and is prone to failure when temp is not available for a given sensor. Option E is less efficient than option C due to using array notation.