Query XML File uploaded to single column in SQL Server - sql

Question

I am trying to learn XQuery and Xpath in SQL Server
I created a sample file and uploaded it to a Table with 2 columns ID, XMLDoc. The below code is within the document in the XMLDoc column so it is the only record in the column.
I am trying to query the file so it will show all the results in a table like a normal select statement would. How would you construct the select statement to select all the information like a select * ? How would you select one field like all suppliers? I would like to select the supplier, requestor for each item.
Here is the xml:
<tst:Document xmlns:tst ="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" SchemaVersion="0.1" Classification="Test" UniqueIdentifier="1234" Title="Test">
<tst:Revision RevNumber="0" TimeStamp="2013-01-21T12:56:00">
<tst:Author Name="Me" Guid="1234" />
</tst:Revision>
<tst:Formats>
<tst:A12 Item="1">
<tst:Requestor Name="ADC" />
<tst:Supplier Name="BBC" />
<tst:Code>B</tst:Code>
<tst:IsRequirement>true</tst:IsRequirement>
<tst:IsNotRequired>false</tst:IsInformation>
<tst:Remarks>ADC (Random Input Section)</tst:Remarks>
<tst:Notes>Next Round.</tst:Notes>
<tst:Events>
<tst:SubTest Item="0">
<tst:BLDG>BLDG1</tst:BLDG>
<tst:BLDG2>BLDG2</tst:BLDG2>
<tst:Function>Testing</tst:Function>
<tst:Desciption>Normal Flow</tst:Desciption>
</tst:SubTest>
</tst:Events>
<tst:IsReady>true</tst:IsReady>
<tst:IsNotReady>false</tst:IsNotReady>
</tst:A12>
<tst:A12 Item="2">
<tst:Requestor Name="ADC" />
<tst:Supplier Name="BBC" />
<tst:Code>A</tst:Code>
<tst:IsRequirement>true</tst:IsRequirement>
<tst:IsInformation>false</tst:IsInformation>
<tst:Remarks>Requirement Not yet met.</tst:Remarks>
<tst:Notes>Ready.</tst:Notes>
<tst:Events>
<tst:SubTest Item="0">
<tst:BLDG>BLDG3</tst:BLDG>
<tst:BLDG2>BLDG4</tst:BLDG2>
<tst:TotalEvents>1</tst:TotalEvents>
<tst:Function>Development</tst:Function>
<tst:Desciption>Process Flow</tst:Desciption>
</tst:SubTest>
</tst:Events>
<tst:IsReady>true</tst:IsReady>
<tst:IsNotReady>false</tst:IsNotReady>
</tst:A12>
</tst:Formats>
</tst:Document>
Query I ran
I just got a return, but it is still showing it in xml form:
Select XMLDoc.query('/*/*/*/*[local-name()=("Requestor", "Supplier")]')
From XMLLoad
I Updated the xml snippet, sry had a typo! It will load now
INSERT INTO TableName(ColumnName)
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(
BULK 'C:\Users\Filepath.xml',
SINGLE_BLOB) AS x;

Answer 1

SQL Fiddle
MS SQL Server 2008 Schema Setup:
create table XMLDoc (XMLLoad xml);
insert into XMLDoc(XMLLoad) values('
<tst:Document xmlns:tst ="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" SchemaVersion="0.1" Classification="Test" UniqueIdentifier="1234" Title="Test">
<tst:Revision RevNumber="0" TimeStamp="2013-01-21T12:56:00">
<tst:Author Name="Me" Guid="1234" />
</tst:Revision>
<tst:Formats>
<tst:A12 Item="1">
<tst:Requestor Name="ADC" />
<tst:Supplier Name="BBC" />
<tst:Code>B</tst:Code>
<tst:IsRequirement>true</tst:IsRequirement>
<tst:IsInformation>false</tst:IsInformation>
<tst:Remarks>ADC (Random Input Section)</tst:Remarks>
<tst:Notes>Next Round.</tst:Notes>
<tst:Events>
<tst:SubTest Item="0">
<tst:BLDG>BLDG1</tst:BLDG>
<tst:BLDG2>BLDG2</tst:BLDG2>
<tst:Function>Testing</tst:Function>
<tst:Desciption>Normal Flow</tst:Desciption>
</tst:SubTest>
</tst:Events>
<tst:IsReady>true</tst:IsReady>
<tst:IsNotReady>false</tst:IsNotReady>
</tst:A12>
<tst:A12 Item="2">
<tst:Requestor Name="ADC" />
<tst:Supplier Name="BBC" />
<tst:Code>A</tst:Code>
<tst:IsRequirement>true</tst:IsRequirement>
<tst:IsInformation>false</tst:IsInformation>
<tst:Remarks>Requirement Not yet met.</tst:Remarks>
<tst:Notes>Ready.</tst:Notes>
<tst:Events>
<tst:SubTest Item="0">
<tst:BLDG>BLDG3</tst:BLDG>
<tst:BLDG2>BLDG4</tst:BLDG2>
<tst:TotalEvents>1</tst:TotalEvents>
<tst:Function>Development</tst:Function>
<tst:Desciption>Process Flow</tst:Desciption>
</tst:SubTest>
</tst:Events>
<tst:IsReady>true</tst:IsReady>
<tst:IsNotReady>false</tst:IsNotReady>
</tst:A12>
</tst:Formats>
</tst:Document>');
Query 1:
with xmlnamespaces('http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' as tst)
select A12.X.value('#Item', 'int') as A12,
A12.X.value('tst:Requestor[1]/#Name', 'varchar(25)') as Requestor,
A12.X.value('tst:Supplier[1]/#Name', 'varchar(25)') as Supplier,
A12.X.value('(tst:Code/text())[1]', 'varchar(25)') as Code,
A12.X.value('(tst:IsRequirement/text())[1]', 'bit') as IsRequirement,
A12.X.value('(tst:IsInformation/text())[1]', 'bit') as IsInformation,
A12.X.value('(tst:Remarks/text())[1]', 'varchar(50)') as Remarks,
A12.X.value('(tst:Notes/text())[1]', 'varchar(50)') as Notes,
ST.X.value('#Item', 'int') as SubTest,
ST.X.value('(tst:BLDG/text())[1]', 'varchar(25)') as BLDG,
ST.X.value('(tst:BLDG2/text())[1]', 'varchar(25)') as BLDG2,
ST.X.value('(tst:TotalEvents/text())[1]', 'int') as TotalEvents,
ST.X.value('(tst:Function/text())[1]', 'varchar(25)') as [Function],
ST.X.value('(tst:Desciption/text())[1]', 'varchar(50)') as Desciption
from XMLDoc as X
cross apply X.XMLLoad.nodes('/tst:Document/tst:Formats/tst:A12') as A12(X)
cross apply A12.X.nodes('tst:Events/tst:SubTest') as ST(X)
Results:
| A12 | REQUESTOR | SUPPLIER | CODE | ISREQUIREMENT | ISINFORMATION | REMARKS | NOTES | SUBTEST | BLDG | BLDG2 | TOTALEVENTS | FUNCTION | DESCIPTION |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 1 | ADC | BBC | B | 1 | 0 | ADC (Random Input Section) | Next Round. | 0 | BLDG1 | BLDG2 | (null) | Testing | Normal Flow |
| 2 | ADC | BBC | A | 1 | 0 | Requirement Not yet met. | Ready. | 0 | BLDG3 | BLDG4 | 1 | Development | Process Flow |

Answer 2

Check out value() and nodes().