SQL Server Grabbing Value from XML parameter to use in later query - sql

Question

I am really new to SQL Server and stored procedures to begin with. I need to be able to parse an incoming XML file for a specific element's value and compare/save it later in the procedure.
I have a few things stacked against me. One the Element I need is buried deeply inside the document. I have had no luck in searching for it by name using methods similar to this:
select CurrentBOD = c.value('(local-name(.))[1]', 'VARCHAR(MAX)'),
c.value('(.)[1]', 'VARCHAR(MAX)') from #xml.nodes('PutMessage/payload/content/AcknowledgePartsOrder/ApplicationArea/BODId') as BODtable(c)
It always returns null.
So, I am trying something similar to this:
declare #BODtable TABLE(FieldName VARCHAR(MAX),
FieldValue VARCHAR(MAX))
SELECT
FieldName = nodes.value('local-name(.)', 'varchar(50)'),
FieldValue = nodes.value('(.)[1]', 'varchar(50)')
FROM
#xml.nodes('//*') AS BODtable(nodes)
declare #CurrentBOD VARCHAR(36)
set #CurrentBOD = ''
SET #CurrentBOD = (SELECT FieldValue from #BODtable WHERE FieldName = 'BODId')
This provides me the list of node names and values correctly (I test this in a query and BODtable has all elements listed with the correct values), but when I set #CurrentBOD it comes up null.
Am I missing an easier way to do this? Am I messing these two approaches up somehow?
Here is a part of the xml I am parsing for reference:
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:wsa="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/03/addressing" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity- secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401- wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
<soap:Header>
<payloadManifest xmlns="???">
<c contentID="Content0" namespaceURI="???" element="AcknowledgePartsOrder" version="4.0" />
</payloadManifest>
<wsa:Action>http://www.starstandards.org/webservices/2005/10/transport/operations/PutMessage</wsa:Action>
<wsa:MessageID>uuid:df8c66af-f364-4b8f-81d8-06150da14428</wsa:MessageID>
<wsa:ReplyTo>
<wsa:Address>http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/03/addressing/role/anonymous</wsa:Address>
</wsa:ReplyTo>
<wsa:To>???</wsa:To>
<wsse:Security soap:mustUnderstand="1">
<wsu:Timestamp wsu:Id="Timestamp-bd91e76f-c212-4555-9b23-f66f839672bd">
<wsu:Created>2013-01-03T21:52:48Z</wsu:Created>
<wsu:Expires>2013-01-03T21:53:48Z</wsu:Expires>
</wsu:Timestamp>
<wsse:UsernameToken xmlns:wsu="???" wsu:Id="???">
<wsse:Username>???</wsse:Username>
<wsse:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">???</wsse:Password>
<wsse:Nonce>???</wsse:Nonce>
<wsu:Created>2013-01-03T21:52:48Z</wsu:Created>
</wsse:UsernameToken>
</wsse:Security>
</soap:Header>
<soap:Body>
<PutMessage xmlns="??????">
<payload>
<content id="???">
<AcknowledgePartsOrder xmlns="???" xmlns:xsi="???" xsi:schemaLocation="??? ???" revision="???" release="???" environment="???n" lang="en-US" bodVersion="???">
<ApplicationArea>
<Sender>
<Component>???</Component>
<Task>???</Task>
<ReferenceId>???</ReferenceId>
<CreatorNameCode>???</CreatorNameCode>
<SenderNameCode>???</SenderNameCode>
<DealerNumber>???</DealerNumber>
<PartyId>???</PartyId>
<LocationId />
<ServiceId />
</Sender>
<CreationDateTime>2013-01-03T21:52:47</CreationDateTime>
<BODId>71498800-c098-4885-9ddc-f58aae0e5e1a</BODId>
<Destination>
<DestinationNameCode>???</DestinationNameCode>

Answer 1

You need to respect the XML namespaces!
First of all, your target XML node <BODId> is inside the <soap:Envelope> and <soap:Body> tags - both need to be included in your selection.
Secondly, both the <PutMessage> as well as the <AcknowledgePartsOrder> nodes appear to have default XML namespaces (those xmlns=.... without a prefix) - and those must be respected when you select your data using XPath.
So assuming that <PutMessage xmlns="urn:pm"> and <AcknowledgePartsOrder xmlns="urn:apo"> (those are just guesses on my part - replace with the actual XML namespaces that you haven't shown use here), you should be able to use this XPath to get what you're looking for:
;WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/' AS soap,
'urn:pm' AS ns, 'urn:apo' AS apo)
SELECT
XC.value('(apo:BODId)[1]', 'varchar(100)')
FROM
#YourXmlVariable.nodes('/soap:Envelope/soap:Body/ns:PutMessage/ns:payload/ns:content/apo:AcknowledgePartsOrder/apo:ApplicationArea') AS XT(XC)
This does return the expected value (71498800-c098-4885-9ddc-f58aae0e5e1a) in my case.