diff --git a/TheBigOne.cls b/TheBigOne.cls
index a297234..bc78fb0 100644
--- a/TheBigOne.cls
+++ b/TheBigOne.cls
@@ -1974,3 +1974,61 @@ Public Function ADOp_BuildInsertSQL(ByRef tbl() As String, target As String, tri
 
 End Function
 
+Public Function json_from_table(ByRef tbl() As Variant, ByRef array_label As String, Optional strip_braces As Boolean) As String
+
+
+    Dim ajson As String
+    Dim json As String
+    Dim r As Integer
+    Dim c As Integer
+    Dim needs_comma As Boolean
+    Dim needs_braces As Integer
+    
+    needs_comma = False
+    needs_braces = 0
+    ajson = ""
+    
+    For r = 2 To UBound(tbl, 1)
+        For c = 1 To UBound(tbl, 2)
+            If tbl(r, c) <> "" Then
+                needs_braces = needs_braces + 1
+                If needs_comma Then json = json & ","
+                needs_comma = True
+                If IsNumeric(tbl(r, c)) And Mid(tbl(r, c), 1, 1) <> 0 Then
+                    json = json & Chr(34) & tbl(1, c) & Chr(34) & ":" & tbl(r, c)
+                Else
+                    json = json & Chr(34) & tbl(1, c) & Chr(34) & ":" & Chr(34) & tbl(r, c) & Chr(34)
+                End If
+            End If
+        Next c
+        If needs_braces > 0 Then json = "{" & json & "}"
+        needs_comma = False
+        needs_braces = 0
+        If r > 2 Then
+            ajson = ajson & "," & json
+        Else
+            ajson = json
+        End If
+        json = ""
+    Next r
+    
+    'if theres more the one record, include brackets for array
+    'if an array_label is given give the array a key and the array become the value
+    'then if the array is labeled with a key it should have braces unless specified otherwise
+    If r > 3 Then
+        ajson = "[" & ajson & "]"
+        If array_label <> "" Then
+            ajson = """" & array_label & """:" & ajson
+            If Not strip_braces Then
+                ajson = "{" & ajson & "}"
+            End If
+        End If
+    Else
+        If strip_braces Then
+            ajson = Mid(ajson, 2, Len(ajson) - 2)
+        End If
+    End If
+      
+    json_from_table = ajson
+
+End Function