Query xml using xquery in SQL Server 2016 - sql

Question

I have my XML in following format:
<resultset xmlns="qm_system_resultset" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<result>
<result_id>F5</result_id>
<exception>NO</exception>
<recurring_count>0</recurring_count>
<defect>NO</defect>
<unresolved>NO</unresolved>
<exception_approval />
<comments />
<exception_expiration>3000-01-01</exception_expiration>
<exception_stat_only>NO</exception_stat_only>
<result_data>
<phraseprefix>rx</phraseprefix>
<phrasenumber>0001</phrasenumber>
<languagedesc>Khmer</languagedesc>
<englishphrase> each time.</englishphrase>
<phrasedesc> គ្រាប់ក្នុងមួយដង។</phrasedesc>
<qm_translatedphrase>day.</qm_translatedphrase>
</result_data>
</result>
<result>
<result_id>26</result_id>
<exception>NO</exception>
<recurring_count>0</recurring_count>
<defect>NO</defect>
<unresolved>NO</unresolved>
<exception_approval />
<comments />
<exception_expiration>3000-01-01</exception_expiration>
<exception_stat_only>NO</exception_stat_only>
<result_data>
<phraseprefix>hold</phraseprefix>
<phrasenumber>0001</phrasenumber>
<languagedesc>Hmong</languagedesc>
<englishphrase>Hold than 160.</englishphrase>
<phrasedesc>Tsis 160.</phrasedesc>
<qm_translatedphrase>Do not use </qm_translatedphrase>
</result_data>
</result>
Using TSQL/XML query how do I achieve this RESULT
[phraseprefix][phrasenumber]
rx 0001
hold 0001
...
I tried the following query, but I got null values for both the columns:
DECLARE #input XML = (SELECT result_xml
FROM QM_Data_Audit.QM_Package.test_results
WHERE result_id = 2446338)
SELECT
resultset.value('(phraseprefix)[1]', 'varchar(max)') AS 'phrasenumber',
resultset.value('(phrasenumber)[1]', 'int') AS 'phrasenumber'
FROM #input.nodes('/resultset/result/result_data') AS List(resultset)
My apologies if the question is asked previously, I am new to querying XML.
Appreciate your help.

Answer 1

Your xml has a namespace declared so you need to provide this when querying it. In this example this can be acheived with the WITH XMLNAMESPACES statement:
DECLARE #input XML = (SELECT result_xml
FROM QM_Data_Audit.QM_Package.test_results
WHERE result_id = 2446338);
WITH XMLNAMESPACES(DEFAULT 'qm_system_resultset')
SELECT
resultset.value('(phraseprefix)[1]', 'varchar(max)') AS 'phrasenumber',
resultset.value('(phrasenumber)[1]', 'varchar(max)') AS 'phrasenumber'
FROM #input.nodes('/resultset/result/result_data') AS List(resultset)
You'll want to set the data type for phrasenumber to varchar as well to preserve the leading 0s if you need them.