Save XML with attribute to Table in SQL Server - sql

Question

Hi I have XML data with attribute as input for SQL, i need this to be inserted in my table.
XML Data is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<MESSAGEACK>
<GUID GUID="kfafb30" SUBMITDATE="2015-10-15 11:30:29" ID="1">
<ERROR SEQ="1" CODE="28681" />
</GUID>
<GUID GUID="kfafb3" SUBMITDATE="2015-10-15 11:30:29" ID="1">
<ERROR SEQ="2" CODE="286381" />
</GUID>
</MESSAGEACK>
I want this to be inserted in below Format
GUID SUBMIT DATE ID ERROR SEQ CODE
kfafb3 2015-10-15 11:30:29 1 1 28681
kfafb3 2015-10-15 11:30:29 1 1 2868
please help.

Answer 1

Look into XPath and xml Data Type Methods in MSDN. This is one possible way :
declare #xml As XML = '...you XML string here...'
INSERT INTO YourTable
SELECT
guid.value('#GUID', 'varchar(100)') as 'GUID'
,guid.value('#SUBMITDATE', 'datetime') as 'SUBMIT DATE'
,guid.value('#ID', 'int') as 'ID'
,guid.value('ERROR[1]/#SEQ', 'int') as 'SEQ'
,guid.value('ERROR[1]/#CODE', 'int') as 'CODE'
FROM #xml.nodes('/MESSAGEACK/GUID') as x(guid)
Result :

Answer 2

just paste this into an empty query window and execute. Adapt to your needs:
DECLARE #xml XML=
'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<MESSAGEACK>
<GUID GUID="kfafb30" SUBMITDATE="2015-10-15 11:30:29" ID="1">
<ERROR SEQ="1" CODE="28681" />
</GUID>
<GUID GUID="kfafb3" SUBMITDATE="2015-10-15 11:30:29" ID="1">
<ERROR SEQ="2" CODE="286381" />
</GUID>
</MESSAGEACK>';
SELECT Msg.Node.value('#GUID','varchar(max)') AS [GUID] --The value is no GUID, if the original values are, you could use uniqueidentifier instead of varchar(max)
,Msg.Node.value('#SUBMITDATE','datetime') AS SUBMITDATE
,Msg.Node.value('#ID','int') AS ID
,Msg.Node.value('(ERROR/#SEQ)[1]','int') AS [ERROR SEQ]
,Msg.Node.value('(ERROR/#CODE)[1]','int') AS CODE
FROM #xml.nodes('/MESSAGEACK/GUID') AS Msg(Node)