Parse the XML in SQL Server - sql

<ROOT>
<arn>arn001</arn>
<arn>arn002</arn>
</ROOT>
Tried the following code though
SELECT
ARN.value('(//arn/text())[1]','VARCHAR(100)') AS arns --TAG
FROM
#xml.nodes('/ROOT')AS TEMPTABLE(ARN)
It returns only first value

Try this way :
declare #xml xml = '<ROOT>
<arn>arn001</arn>
<arn>arn002</arn>
</ROOT>'
SELECT
X.value('.','VARCHAR(100)') AS arns
FROM
#xml.nodes('/ROOT/arn')AS T(X)
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SQL query for XML data

I have a SQL Server database table with a column called XML that contains XML data which is structured like this:
<Item xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://test/data">
<Roots>
<Root>
<Name>Field Name</Name>
<Value>Field Value</Value>
</Root>
<Root>
<Name>Field Name</Name>
<Value>Field Value</Value>
</Root>
</Roots>
I want to use T-SQL to get the Value where Name = Total. I have tried the following but it isn't returning any data:
SELECT [XML]
FROM [BusinessAccount]
WHERE [XML].value('(/Root/Name)[13]', 'VARCHAR(MAX)') LIKE '%Total%'
If anyone could tell me where I've gone wrong?
You are missing the required WITH XMLNAMESPACES for your XML and the path is incorrect.
If you want to bring back rows where the 13th element consists of the text Total you can use the below.
WITH XMLNAMESPACES (DEFAULT 'http://test/data')
SELECT [XML]
FROM [BusinessAccount]
WHERE 1 = [XML].exist('(/Item/Roots/Root/Name)[13][text() = "Total"]')
Otherwise you can add the WITH XMLNAMESPACES to your original query and fix the path there too.
You need to specify namespaces. You can then match <Name> and <Value> pairs and extract the contents of <Value> like so:
SELECT NameNode.value('declare namespace x="http://test/data"; (../x:Value)[1]', 'varchar(100)')
FROM [BusinessAccount]
CROSS APPLY [XML].nodes('declare namespace x="http://test/data"; //x:Root/x:Name') AS n(NameNode)
WHERE NameNode.value('.', 'varchar(100)') = 'Total'
Demo on db<>fiddle

Query xml using xquery in SQL Server 2016

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.
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.

Retrieve all XML elements with the same prefix in SQL Server

I have an XML file in a format similar to:
<XML>
<Field1>100</Field1>
<Field2>200</Field2>
<Field3>300</Field3>
<Test>400</Test>
</XML>
I need to write a query that will get all of the element values that start with Field. So given the XML above the result should be
FieldVal
--------
100
200
300
I've tried the following but it does not work:
Select
xc.value('text()', 'int')
From
#XMLData.nodes('/XML/[starts-with(name(), ''Field'')]') As xt(xc)
NOTE: I am well aware that this task could be easily done if I reformatted my XML but unfortunately I have no control over the format of the XML.
One way is
declare #XMLData xml ='<XML>
<Field1>100</Field1>
<Field2>200</Field2>
<Field3>300</Field3>
<Test>400</Test>
</XML>'
Select
xc.value('.', 'int')
From #XMLData.nodes('/XML/*') As xt(xc)
WHERE xc.value('local-name(.)', 'varchar(50)') LIKE 'Field%'
Prefix name with special character and check contains instead.
declare #x xml ='<XML>
<Field1>100</Field1>
<Field2>200</Field2>
<Field3>300</Field3>
<Test>400</Test>
</XML>';
select t.n.value('.','varchar(100)')
from #x.nodes ('XML/*[contains(concat("$",local-name()),"$Field")]') t(n);
I think it's this what you are looking for:
DECLARE #xml XML=
'<XML>
<Field1>100</Field1>
<Field2>200</Field2>
<Field3>300</Field3>
<Test>400</Test>
</XML>';
SELECT Fld.value('.','int') AS FieldOnly
FROM #xml.nodes('/XML/*[substring(local-name(.),1,5)="Field"]') AS A(Fld)
Just because of the discussion in comments:
DECLARE #fldName VARCHAR(100)='Field';
SELECT Fld.value('.','int') AS FieldOnly
FROM #xml.nodes('/XML/*[substring(local-name(.),1,string-length(sql:variable("#fldName")))=sql:variable("#fldName")]') AS A(Fld)
Change the first line to "Test" (case sensitive!), and you'd get just the one row with 400...

No return value on using OpenXML command in SQL Server 2008

This is my XML parameter that I set to #XMLSave parameter and send to a stored procedure
<ROOT>
<P>
<ID>123456789</ID>
<Name>admin</Name>
</P>
<Group>
<GroupCardID>14</GroupCardID>
</Group>
</ROOT>
and I try to get ID value with this command
EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument #idoc OUTPUT, #XMLSave
but when I select values return no value
select *
from OPENXML (#idoc,'/Root/P',2) With(ID int)
Try this:
DECLARE #XmlParameter XML = '<ROOT>
<P>
<ID>123456789</ID>
<Name>admin</Name>
</P>
<Group>
<GroupCardID>14</GroupCardID>
</Group>
</ROOT>'
SELECT
#XmlParameter.value('(/ROOT/P/ID)[1]', 'int')
I always prefer the native XQuery support over the clunky old OPENXML stuff.....
I Found the answer finally:
OpenXML parameter is case sensitive :
my XML value start with "ROOT" and openxml parameter was "Root"

Getting the value of dc:creator using SQL XML

I am unsure how to get the value of dc:creator from an RSS-feed using SQL.
This is my xml/rss-feed:
<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Foobar RSS</title>
<link>http://www.foobar.com/</link>
<description>RSS feed</description>
<language>en</language>
<ttl>15</ttl>
<item>
<title>This is my title</title>
<link>http://www.foobar.com/link/blabla</link>
<description>Bla..bla..bla..</description>
<dc:creator>John Doe</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">00082EA751F1D905DE00E7CFA2417DA9</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
In my SQL I use something like this to get the values - e.g for pubDate I use something like this:
DECLARE #xml XML
SET #xml = cast('my rss feed here' AS xml)
SELECT
convert(datetime,substring(T.nref.value('pubDate[1]','nvarchar(100)'),6,20)) as pubdate,
FROM #xml.nodes('//item') AS T(nref)
This works fine, but when I am trying to get dc:creator value 'John Doe', the following just gives me an error:
SELECT
T.nref.value('dc:creator','nvarchar(100)') as creator
FROM #xml.nodes('//item') AS T(nref)
error:
XQuery [value()]: The name "dc" does not denote a namespace.
I need to be able to select multiple columns from the rss-feed. Can anybody provide a solution or direction to get the value of dc:creator?
I have another question - how would you construct the code if you are doing it in a sub select?
E.g.
INSERT INTO RSSResults (ID, pubDate)
SELECT #ID, tbl.pubDate FROM (
;WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' AS dc)
SELECT
RSS.Item.value('(dc:creator)[1]', 'nvarchar(100)') as pubDate
FROM
#xml.nodes('/rss/channel/item') as RSS(Item)) AS tbl
The code breaks at ";WITH XMLNAMESPACES". Is it possible to include the namespace directly in the statement somehow?
Try something like this:
DECLARE #xml XML
SET #xml = cast('my rss feed here' AS xml)
;WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' AS dc)
SELECT
#xml.value('(rss/channel/item/dc:creator)[1]', 'nvarchar(100)')
If you need to catch multiple items - try this:
DECLARE #xml XML
SET #xml = cast('my rss feed here' AS xml)
;WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' AS dc)
SELECT
RSS.Item.value('(dc:creator)[1]', 'nvarchar(100)')
FROM
#xml.nodes('/rss/channel/item') as RSS(Item)