Comments on: Value of() in SQL Server? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/value-of-in-sql-server/ Sun, 26 May 2013 01:40:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Most-Watched IT Questions: December 28, 2010 - ITKE Community Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/value-of-in-sql-server/#comment-85832 The Most-Watched IT Questions: December 28, 2010 - ITKE Community Blog Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:35:20 +0000 #comment-85832 [...] 2. Carlosdl and mrdenny figure out what the value of () is in SQL server. [...]

]]> By: carlosdl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/value-of-in-sql-server/#comment-85501 carlosdl Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:04:16 +0000 #comment-85501 Hi Denny.

There is an Oracle Package named DBMS_XSLPROCESSOR, which “provides an interface to manage the contents and structure of XML documents”.

The VALUEOF Function and Procedure “retrieves the value of the first node from the tree that matches the given pattern”.

There is no other ValueOf function or procedure in Oracle, but I’m not sure if that is what the OP meant. It could be a totally different thing. In Java, for example, it is a type conversion method.

]]> By: mrdenny http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/value-of-in-sql-server/#comment-85500 mrdenny Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:21:03 +0000 #comment-85500 What does this function do? Is it a native function? I couldn’t find anything called valueof() via Google.

]]> By: carlosdl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/value-of-in-sql-server/#comment-85487 carlosdl Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:54:53 +0000 #comment-85487 Are you referring to the DBMS_XSLPROCESSOR Oracle’s package ?

If so, I think you should explain what you need to achieve without assuming that the SQL Server experts who know how to process XML documents in SQL Server also know how to do it in Oracle and know the ValueOf procedure/function.

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