Iterate Over Many XML Attributes In SQL - sql

Question

I have a XML file that has a series of attributes. The attributes look something like the list below:
<Summary>
<MyAttributes AT001="ABC" AT002="123" AT003="456" AT004="DEF" ... />
</Summary>
I need to iterate over the attributes and add them into a SQL table that looks something like this:
Name
Value
AT001
ABC
AT002
123
AT003
456
AT004
DEF
...
...
Because the attribute list isn't fixed, I need to iterate over all the attributes to ensure each attribute gets added.
I typically can figure out how to do things in SQL, but this one has me stumped!

Answer 1

It is not clear what SQL you are using.
Here is how to do it in MS SQL Server by using its T-SQL and XQuery methods.
SQL
DECLARE #xml XML =
N'<Summary>
<MyAttributes AT001="ABC" AT002="123" AT003="456" AT004="DEF" />
</Summary>';
SELECT c.value('local-name(.)', 'VARCHAR(30)') AS attr_name
, c.value('.', 'VARCHAR(30)') AS attr_value
FROM #xml.nodes('/Summary/MyAttributes/#*') AS t(c);
Output
+-----------+------------+
| attr_name | attr_value |
+-----------+------------+
| AT001 | ABC |
| AT002 | 123 |
| AT003 | 456 |
| AT004 | DEF |
+-----------+------------+