Converting xml node string to strip out nodes - sql

Question

I have a table that has a column called RAW DATA of type NVARCHAR MAX, which is a dump from a web service. Here is a sample of 1 data line:
<CourtRecordEventCaseHist>
<eventDate>2008-02-11T06:00:00Z</eventDate>
<eventDate_TZ>-0600</eventDate_TZ>
<histSeqNo>4</histSeqNo>
<countyNo>1</countyNo>
<caseNo>xxxxxx</caseNo>
<eventType>WCCS</eventType>
<descr>Warrant/Capias/Commitment served</descr>
<tag/>
<ctofcNameL/>
<ctofcNameF/>
<ctofcNameM/>
<ctofcSuffix/>
<sealCtofcNameL/>
<sealCtofcNameF/>
<sealCtofcNameM/>
<sealCtofcSuffix/>
<sealCtofcTypeCodeDescr/>
<courtRptrNameL/>
<courtRptrNameF/>
<courtRptrNameM/>
<courtRptrSuffix/>
<dktTxt>Signature bond set</dktTxt>
<eventAmt>0.00</eventAmt>
<isMoneyEnabled>false</isMoneyEnabled>
<courtRecordEventPartyList>
<partyNameF>Name</partyNameF>
<partyNameM>A.</partyNameM>
<partyNameL>xxxx</partyNameL>
<partySuffix/>
<isAddrSealed>false</isAddrSealed>
<isSeal>false</isSeal>
</courtRecordEventPartyList>
</CourtRecordEventCaseHist>
It was suppose to go in a table, with the node names representing the column names. The table it's going to is created, I just need to exract the data from this row to the table. I have 100's of thousands records like this. I was going to copy to a xml file, then import. But there is so much data, I would rather try and do the work within the DB.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

First, create the table with all the required columns.
Then, use your favorite scripting language to load the table! Mine being groovy, here is what I'd do:
def sql = Sql.newInstance(/* SQL connection here*/)
sql.eachRow("select RAW_DATA from TABLE_NAME") { row ->
String xmlData = row."RAW_DATA"
def root = new XmlSlurper().parseText(xmlData)
def date = root.eventDate
def histSeqNo = root.histSeqNo
//Pull out all the data and insert into new table!
}

Answer 2

I did find an answer to this, I'm sure there is more than one way of doing this. But this is what I got to work. Thanks for everyone's help.
SELECT
pref.value('(caseNo/text())[1]', 'varchar(20)') as CaseNumber,
pref.value('(countyNo/text())[1]', 'int') as CountyNumber
FROM
dbo.CaseHistoryRawData_10 CROSS APPLY
RawData.nodes('//CourtRecordEventCaseHist') AS CourtRec(pref)