Searching for "|" pipe symbol in XML column in SQL server - sql

Question

I am using a script like this to look for a "|" symbol in a XML column no matter where it appears. I know there are pipes in there but the below query gives me empty results
SELECT TOP 100 *
FROM
[DB].[dbo].[InputData]
WHERE
Content.exist('//.[text() = "|"]') = 1
AND DataFileId = '75d48aed6327'
What am I doing wrong? This is the xml content of the column Content:
<CLAIM version="native">
<INPUT>
<HEADER BIRTH_DT="1/1/1941">
<DIAG_CODES>
<DX CODE="7234" />
</DIAG_CODES>
<CON_CODES>
<CON_CODE VALUE="M0" />
</CON_CODES>
<VAL_CODES>
<VAL_CODE CODE="A2" AMT="604.03" />
</VAL_CODES>
</HEADER>
</CLAIM>

Answer 1

Hi was looking the answer and found it here https://stackoverflow.com/a/11738172/1692632
DECLARE #xmlTable TABLE (xmlData XML)
INSERT INTO #xmlTable SELECT N'
<CLAIM version="native">
<HEADER BIRTH_DT="1/1/1941">
<DIAG_CODES>
<DX CODE="7234" />
</DIAG_CODES>
<CON_CODES>
<CON_CODE VALUE="M0" />
</CON_CODES>
<VAL_CODES>
<VAL_CODE CODE="A2" AMT="604.03" />
</VAL_CODES>
</HEADER>
</CLAIM>
'
INSERT INTO #xmlTable SELECT N'
<CLAIM version="native">
<HEADER BIRTH_DT="1/1/1941">
<DIAG_CODES>
<DX CODE="72|34" />
</DIAG_CODES>
<CON_CODES>
<CON_CODE VALUE="M0" />
</CON_CODES>
<VAL_CODES>
<VAL_CODE CODE="A2" AMT="604.03" />
</VAL_CODES>
</HEADER>
</CLAIM>
'
SELECT T.*
FROM #xmlTable AS T
CROSS APPLY T.xmlData.nodes('//#*') as tx(r)
WHERE tx.r.value('contains((.),"|")','bit')=1
Also you can try this one as you tried (this gives without duplicates):
SELECT TOP 100 *
FROM
#xmlTable
WHERE
xmlData.exist('//#*[contains(., "|")]') = 1

Answer 2

SELECT TOP 100 *
FROM [DB].[dbo].[InputData]
WHERE DataFileId = '75d48aed6327'
and charindex('|',Content) > 1