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SQL Server XML Red Gate Ebook, XQuery Labs

belle — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:35:09 +0000

Jacob Sebastian is a SQL Server XML Guru! Check out his collection for XQUery Labs. This is the first 12 of his series, and right now he has 43 and counting: XQuery Sample Scripts * XQuery Lab 1 – Transforming rows to columns * XQuery Lab 2 – An example using [...]

SQLXML : How to Work With XML Elements (or Nodes) in SQL Server

belle — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:02:38 +0000

Assume this is your XML snippet DECLARE @authorsXML XML SET @authorsXML = ' <Author> <ID>172-32-1176</ID> <LastName>White</LastName> <FirstName>Johnson</FirstName> <Address> <Street>10932 Bigge Rd.</Street> <City>Menlo Park</City> <State>CA</State> </Address> </Author> ' Note that the examples below show how you can manipulate XML nodes – but most operations require singleton values. Ie, [...]

SQLXML : How to Merge Two Nodes Using FOR XML PATH

belle — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:29:35 +0000

-- ============================================================ -- sample code that shows how to merge different nodes -- in the same XML document by using FOR XML PATH() -- Donabel Santos -- ============================================================ -- sample XML snippet DECLARE @sampleXML XML SET @sampleXML = ' <Contacts> <Contact Type="Main" Value="John Doe"> <Locations> <Location Type="Headquarters" Address="123 XYZ" City="New Westminster" Province="BC" Country="CA" PostalCode="V1L1B6" /> </Locations> <Phones> <Phone Type="Main" Value="6041112222" /> <Phone Type="Secondary" Value="6041113333" [...]

SQLXML : How to Use SQL Server XML Function exist()

belle — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:14:26 +0000

-- ============================================================ -- sample code on using the SQL Server xml method exist() -- several samples shown -- Donabel Santos -- ============================================================ DECLARE @xmlSnippet XML DECLARE @id SMALLINT DECLARE @value VARCHAR(20) SET @xmlSnippet = ' <ninjaElement id="1">SQL Server Ninja</ninjaElement> <ninjaElement id="2">SharePoint Ninja</ninjaElement> <ninjaElement id="3">ASP.NET Ninja</ninjaElement> ' -- this is what we will look for SET @id = 2 SET @value ='SQL Server Ninja' -- note exist() will return only [...]

SQLXML : How to Join Multiple XML Snippets (using query() and UNION ALL)

belle — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:04:06 +0000

-- ============================================================ -- sample code on joining multiple XML snippets -- using query() and UNION ALL -- Donabel Santos -- ============================================================ -- declare xml variables DECLARE @firstXMLSnippet XML DECLARE @secondXMLSnippet XML -- first XML snippet SET @firstXMLSnippet = ' <attributes> <attribute id="13" name="EmpNo"> <item value="10" /> </attribute> <attribute id="44" [...]

SQLXML : How To Save XML Query Results to a File Using BCP

belle — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:20:29 +0000

One way to save your XML query results to the file system is by using bcp (bulk copy program). Be aware of the following before deciding to use bcp for your regular export requirements: bcp is a program external to SSMS. If you need to use this from within your scripts, you will need to enable xp_cmdshell. [...]

SQLXML : How to Bulk Load XML From a File Using OPENXML

belle — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:45:38 +0000

Using OPENXML you can import XML documents into an XML variable, or into a table that has XML columns. The following is an example: 1: -- ========================================================================== 2: -- Object : OPENXML1.sql 3: -- Object Type : Script 4: -- [...]

SQLXML : How to Alter Existing Column Schema (XSD)

belle — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:43:10 +0000

Sometimes you may need to change schema definitions in existing columns. The following shows an example of how you can do this: 1: -- drop the XML schema from existing column definitions 2: ALTER TABLE AD 3: ALTER COLUMN Title xml 4: [...]