Enrich XML document via stored procedure - sql
Our middleware software receives an XML document and forwards it to another software. However, there is one field in the target software (ext_text_10), that I do NOT want to overwrite.
Upon receiving the XML, I would like to call a stored proc, that should query the target database table to find the current ext_text_10 value, and insert a new element in the incoming XML with the resulting value, and then pass it on. This way we will simply pass the current value for that field.
The procedure below is reading the XML, building it again by preserving everything from it, and then inserting one element.
However, it does not return any result. Below is my procedure, and my source XML.
I hope somebody can tell me what is wrong. This is SQL Server 2016.
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[z_ION_GetCurrentCostCenterData] (#xmlData xml)
AS
BEGIN
-- Prevent extra result sets from interfering with SELECT statements
SET NOCOUNT ON;
-- Parse XML
DECLARE #parsedXmlData int;
EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument #parsedXmlData OUTPUT, #xmlData;
DECLARE
#tenantID varchar(50),
#acc_entity varchar(3),
#doc_id varchar(50),
#anl_code varchar(15),
#anl_dim_id varchar(2),
#lookup_code varchar(15),
#anl_code_name varchar(50),
#prohibit_posting varchar(1),
#statusCode varchar(1),
#anl_cat_id varchar(15),
#ext_text_6 varchar(50),
#ext_text_7 varchar(50),
#ext_text_8 varchar(50),
#ext_text_9 varchar(50),
#ext_num_1 varchar(50),
#ext_num_2 varchar(50),
#ext_num_3 varchar(50),
#ext_num_4 varchar(50),
#ext_num_5 varchar(50),
#ext_date_1 varchar(50),
#ext_date_2 varchar(50),
#ext_fixed_1 varchar(50),
#ext_fixed_2 varchar(50),
#ext_fixed_3 varchar(50),
#TableName NVarchar(255)
--Get data from XML
select
#tenantID = tenantID,
#acc_entity = acc_entity,
#doc_id = doc_id,
#anl_code = anl_code,
#anl_dim_id = anl_dim_id,
#lookup_code = lookup_code,
#anl_code_name = anl_code_name,
#prohibit_posting = prohibit_posting,
#statusCode = statusCode,
#anl_cat_id = anl_cat_id,
#ext_text_6 = ext_text_6,
#ext_text_7 = ext_text_7,
#ext_text_8 = ext_text_8,
#ext_text_9 = ext_text_9,
#ext_num_1 = ext_num_1,
#ext_num_2 = ext_num_2,
#ext_num_3 = ext_num_3,
#ext_num_4 = ext_num_4,
#ext_num_5 = ext_num_5,
#ext_date_1 = ext_date_1,
#ext_date_2 = ext_date_2,
#ext_fixed_1 = ext_fixed_1,
#ext_fixed_2 = ext_fixed_2,
#ext_fixed_3 = ext_fixed_3
from OPENXML (#parsedXmlData,'DataArea',2)
with
(tenantID varchar(50) 'Sync/TenantID',
acc_entity varchar(3) 'Sync/AccountingEntityID',
doc_id varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/DocumentID/ID',
anl_code varchar(15) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/AnalysisCode',
anl_dim_id varchar(2) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/AnalysisDimensionId',
lookup_code varchar(15) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/LookupCode',
anl_code_name varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/Name',
prohibit_posting varchar(1) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ProhibitPosting',
statusCode varchar(1) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/Status',
anl_cat_id varchar(15) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/AnalysisCatID/AnlCat_SHead',
ext_text_6 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionText6',
ext_text_7 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionText7',
ext_text_8 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionText8',
ext_text_9 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionText9',
ext_num_1 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionNumber1',
ext_num_2 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionNumber2',
ext_num_3 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionNumber3',
ext_num_4 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionNumber4',
ext_num_5 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionNumber5',
ext_date_1 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionDate1',
ext_date_2 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionDate2',
ext_fixed_1 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionFixed1',
ext_fixed_2 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionFixed2',
ext_fixed_3 varchar(50) 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionFixed3'
);
--Create XML to return
select
[EXT_TEXT_10] as 'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionText10'
from [dbo].[IMT_ANL_CODE_EXT]
where [ANL_CAT_ID] = #anl_cat_id and [ANL_CODE] = #anl_code
for XML PATH ('SunSystemsAnalysisCodes'), root('DataArea')
EXEC sp_xml_removedocument #parsedXmlData
END
Source XML:
<DataArea xmlns:my="http://schema.infor.com/InforOAGIS/2">
<Sync>
<TenantID>INFRA_TRN</TenantID>
<AccountingEntityID>IMT</AccountingEntityID>
<ActionCriteria>
<ActionExpression actionCode="Change" />
</ActionCriteria>
</Sync>
<SunSystemsAnalysisCodes>
<DocumentID>
<ID variationID="1495808583000">PRO 00002</ID>
</DocumentID>
<IONStatus>
<Code listID="GenericStatus">Open</Code>
</IONStatus>
<AnalysisCode>PRO17</AnalysisCode>
<AnalysisDimensionId>01</AnalysisDimensionId>
<LookupCode>Informatiesyste</LookupCode>
<Name>Informatiesysteem Relatics 10</Name>
<ProhibitPosting>0</ProhibitPosting>
<Status>0</Status>
<AnalysisCatID>
<AnlCat_SHead>COST CENTRE</AnlCat_SHead>
</AnalysisCatID>
<ExtendedAnalysis>
<ExtensionText6>SVE</ExtensionText6>
<ExtensionText7>Open</ExtensionText7>
<ExtensionText8 />
<ExtensionNumber1>81700</ExtensionNumber1>
<ExtensionNumber2 />
<ExtensionNumber3 />
<ExtensionNumber4 />
<ExtensionNumber5 />
<ExtensionDate1>01012016</ExtensionDate1>
<ExtensionDate2>31122016</ExtensionDate2>
<ExtensionFixed1>1</ExtensionFixed1>
<ExtensionFixed2>2</ExtensionFixed2>
<ExtensionFixed3>2</ExtensionFixed3>
</ExtendedAnalysis>
</SunSystemsAnalysisCodes>
</DataArea>
If this doesn't help you, please answer the questions from my comment below your question!
My magic crystall ball tells me, that you might be looking for something like this (shortened for brevity):
DECLARE #xml XML=
N'<DataArea xmlns:my="http://schema.infor.com/InforOAGIS/2">
<Sync>
<TenantID>INFRA_TRN</TenantID>
<!-- more elements -->
</Sync>
<SunSystemsAnalysisCodes>
<DocumentID>
<ID variationID="1495808583000">PRO 00002</ID>
</DocumentID>
<!-- more elements -->
<ExtendedAnalysis>
<ExtensionText6>SVE</ExtensionText6>
<ExtensionText7>Open</ExtensionText7>
<ExtensionText8 />
<ExtensionNumber1>81700</ExtensionNumber1>
<ExtensionNumber2 />
<ExtensionNumber3 />
<ExtensionNumber4 />
<ExtensionNumber5 />
<ExtensionDate1>01012016</ExtensionDate1>
<ExtensionDate2>31122016</ExtensionDate2>
<ExtensionFixed1>1</ExtensionFixed1>
<ExtensionFixed2>2</ExtensionFixed2>
<ExtensionFixed3>2</ExtensionFixed3>
</ExtendedAnalysis>
</SunSystemsAnalysisCodes>
</DataArea>';
--This is the content you want to introduce
DECLARE #ContentToAdd NVARCHAR(MAX)=N'SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionText10';
--This XML_DML-statement will insert your content with the given name before the <ExtensionNumber1> (which must exist! Other positions are possible of course)
SET #xml.modify(N'insert <ExtensionText10>{sql:variable("#ContentToAdd")}</ExtensionText10>
before (/DataArea/SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionNumber1)[1]');
--Check the output:
SELECT #xml;
<DataArea xmlns:my="http://schema.infor.com/InforOAGIS/2">
<Sync>
<TenantID>INFRA_TRN</TenantID>
<!-- more elements -->
</Sync>
<SunSystemsAnalysisCodes>
<DocumentID>
<ID variationID="1495808583000">PRO 00002</ID>
</DocumentID>
<!-- more elements -->
<ExtendedAnalysis>
<ExtensionText6>SVE</ExtensionText6>
<ExtensionText7>Open</ExtensionText7>
<ExtensionText8 />
<ExtensionText10>SunSystemsAnalysisCodes/ExtendedAnalysis/ExtensionText10</ExtensionText10>
<ExtensionNumber1>81700</ExtensionNumber1>
<ExtensionNumber2 />
<ExtensionNumber3 />
<ExtensionNumber4 />
<ExtensionNumber5 />
<ExtensionDate1>01012016</ExtensionDate1>
<ExtensionDate2>31122016</ExtensionDate2>
<ExtensionFixed1>1</ExtensionFixed1>
<ExtensionFixed2>2</ExtensionFixed2>
<ExtensionFixed3>2</ExtensionFixed3>
</ExtendedAnalysis>
</SunSystemsAnalysisCodes>
</DataArea>
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