Comments on: get the value from XML in a sql table http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/get-the-value-from-xml-in-a-sql-table/ Sat, 18 May 2013 14:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: walrum http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/get-the-value-from-xml-in-a-sql-table/#comment-101970 walrum Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:06:38 +0000 #comment-101970 I’m not sure that I properly understand your question however below is the sample that perhaps can help you to understand the process of retrieving data from XML using SQL Statement. This sample is actually from Books Online and I believe that you should dig deeper in BO in order to use that and other statements.
Here you are:
– Create tables for later population using OPENXML.
CREATE TABLE Customers (CustomerID varchar(20) primary key,
ContactName varchar(20),
CompanyName varchar(20))
GO
CREATE TABLE Orders( CustomerID varchar(20), OrderDate datetime)
GO
DECLARE @docHandle int
DECLARE @xmlDocument nvarchar(max) — or xml type
SET @xmlDocument = N’<ROOT>
<Customers CustomerID=”XYZAA” ContactName=”Joe” CompanyName=”Company1″>
<Orders CustomerID=”XYZAA” OrderDate=”2000-08-25T00:00:00″/>
<Orders CustomerID=”XYZAA” OrderDate=”2000-10-03T00:00:00″/>
</Customers>
<Customers CustomerID=”XYZBB” ContactName=”Steve”
CompanyName=”Company2″>No Orders yet!
</Customers>
</ROOT>’
EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @docHandle OUTPUT, @xmlDocument
– Use OPENXML to provide rowset consisting of customer data.
INSERT Customers
SELECT *
FROM OPENXML(@docHandle, N’/ROOT/Customers’)
WITH Customers
– Use OPENXML to provide rowset consisting of order data.
INSERT Orders
SELECT *
FROM OPENXML(@docHandle, N’//Orders’)
WITH Orders
– Using OPENXML in a SELECT statement.
SELECT * FROM OPENXML(@docHandle, N’/ROOT/Customers/Orders’) WITH (CustomerID nchar(5) ‘../@CustomerID’, OrderDate datetime)
– Remove the internal representation of the XML document.
EXEC sp_xml_removedocument @docHandle

If you will understand that sample I believe that getting more option should not create any problem

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