Getting all nodes and node details from xml using xquery

[Shilpa]

Hi,

I haev the following code:

DECLARE @x xml
SET @x='
<Root>
<row id="1"><name>Larry</name><oflw>some text</oflw></row>
<row id="2"><name>Joe</name></row>
<row id="3" />
</Root>
'
exec sp_xml_preparedocument @idoc OUTPUT, @x
SELECT * FROM OPENXML(@idoc, '/Root')

This gives the following details
id
parentid
nodetype localname

prefix

namespaceuri
datatype

prev text

I want to get the same details using XQuery, please let me know how to
go about it.

Regards,
Shilpa

[Erland Sommarskog]

Shilpa (sh*************@unisys.com) writes:

I haev the following code:

DECLARE @x xml
SET @x='
<Root>
<row id="1"><name>Larry</name><oflw>some text</oflw></row>
<row id="2"><name>Joe</name></row>
<row id="3" />
</Root>
'
exec sp_xml_preparedocument @idoc OUTPUT, @x
SELECT * FROM OPENXML(@idoc, '/Root')
...
I want to get the same details using XQuery, please let me know how to
go about it.

I am not sure that you can to this easily. You use a very special form
of OPENXML, the one without a WITH clause, that gives you an edge table.
I have never found any use for edge tables, but maybe I've overlooked
something.

Since I'm no specialist in XML, I've consulted my MVP colleagues who know
this topic better, so hopefully I will be able to return with a more
definitive answer.
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[Erland Sommarskog]

"Shilpa" <sh*************@unisys.com> writes:

I haev the following code:

DECLARE @x xml
SET @x='
<Root>
<row id="1"><name>Larry</name><oflw>some text</oflw></row>
<row id="2"><name>Joe</name></row>
<row id="3" />
</Root>
'
exec sp_xml_preparedocument @idoc OUTPUT, @x
SELECT * FROM OPENXML(@idoc, '/Root')

This gives the following details
id
parentid
nodetype localname

prefix

namespaceuri
datatype

prev text

I inquired about this, and you can only get localname, namespace URI
and the node's value with XQuery. You cannot get the positional node
information or node ids or prefixes.

For an example, look up the newsgroup microsoft.public.sqlserver.xml.
Michael Rys, who is the Program Manager for XML in SQL Server, and
whom I got this information from, says he recently posted an example
to that group.

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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, es****@sommarskog.se