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Using XML with SQL Server 2005

Using XML with SQL Server 2005

Contents
Using XML ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Retrieving Data in Generic Row Elements .......................................................................................................................... 3
FOR XML RAW................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Retrieving Data as Elements............................................................................................................................................... 3
Retrieving Data by Using a Root Element and a Customized Row Element Name ............................................................... 4
Retrieving Nested Data by Using AUTO Mode .................................................................................................................... 4
Retrieving Data as Elements............................................................................................................................................... 4
EXPLICIT Mode Queries - Defining Column Mappings in a Universal Table.......................................................................... 5
Retrieving Data by Using PATH Mode................................................................................................................................. 7
Retrieving Data by Using PATH Mode - Modifying the Row Element Name ........................................................................ 8
Nested XML - Using TYPE to Return the xml Data Type in a Subquery ................................................................................ 8

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Using XML with SQL Server 2005

Using XML

Retrieving Data in Generic Row Elements

The following example shows how you can retrieve an XML fragment containing order data by using a FOR XML query in
RAW mode.

SELECT Cust.CustomerID CustID, CustomerType, SalesOrderID

FROM Sales.Customer Cust JOIN Sales.SalesOrderHeader [Order]
ON Cust.CustomerID = [Order].CustomerID
ORDER BY Cust.CustomerID

FOR XML RAW

Retrieving Data as Elements

The following example shows how you can retrieve the same data as elements instead of attributes by specifying the
ELEMENTS option.

SELECT Cust.CustomerID CustID, CustomerType, SalesOrderID

FROM Sales.Customer Cust JOIN Sales.SalesOrderHeader [Order]
ON Cust.CustomerID = [Order].CustomerID
ORDER BY Cust.CustomerID
FOR XML RAW, ELEMENTS

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Retrieving Data by Using a Root Element and a Customized Row Element Name
The following example shows how you can retrieve the same data by using a root element specified with the ROOT option
and modify the row element name by using the RAW mode optional argument.

SELECT Cust.CustomerID CustID, CustomerType, SalesOrderID

FROM Sales.Customer Cust JOIN Sales.SalesOrderHeader [Order]
ON Cust.CustomerID = [Order].CustomerID
ORDER BY Cust.CustomerID
FOR XML RAW('Order'), ROOT('Orders')

Retrieving Nested Data by Using AUTO Mode

The following example shows how you can use an AUTO mode query to return an XML fragment containing a list of orders.

SELECT Cust.CustomerID CustID, CustomerType, SalesOrderID

FROM Sales.Customer Cust JOIN Sales.SalesOrderHeader [Order]
ON Cust.CustomerID = [Order].CustomerID
ORDER BY Cust.CustomerID
FOR XML AUTO

Retrieving Data as Elements

The following example shows how you can retrieve the same data as elements instead of attributes by specifying the
ELEMENTS option.

SELECT Cust.CustomerID CustID, CustomerType, SalesOrderID

FROM Sales.Customer Cust JOIN Sales.SalesOrderHeader [Order]
ON Cust.CustomerID = [Order].CustomerID
ORDER BY Cust.CustomerID
FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS

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Using XML with SQL Server 2005

As for RAW mode, you can also use the ROOT option, as shown in the following example.

SELECT Cust.CustomerID CustID, CustomerType, SalesOrderID

FROM Sales.Customer Cust JOIN Sales.SalesOrderHeader [Order]
ON Cust.CustomerID = [Order].CustomerID
ORDER BY Cust.CustomerID
FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS, ROOT('Orders')

EXPLICIT Mode Queries - Defining Column Mappings in a Universal Table

SELECT 1 AS Tag,
NULL AS Parent,
SalesOrderID AS [Invoice!1!InvoiceNo],
OrderDate AS [Invoice!1!Date!Element]
FROM sales.SalesOrderHeader
FOR XML EXPLICIT

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Using XML with SQL Server 2005

Retrieving Data by Using PATH Mode

The following example shows how you can use a PATH mode query to return an XML fragment containing a list of
employees

SELECT EmployeeID "@EmpID",

FirstName "EmpName/First",
LastName "EmpName/Last"
FROM Person.Contact INNER JOIN
HumanResources.Employee ON Person.Contact.ContactID = Employee.ContactID
FOR XML PATH

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Retrieving Data by Using PATH Mode - Modifying the Row Element Name
The following example shows how you can use the optional ElementName argument to the PATH mode query to modify the
default row element name.

SELECT EmployeeID "@EmpID",

FirstName "EmpName/First",
LastName "EmpName/Last"
FROM Person.Contact INNER JOIN
HumanResources.Employee ON Person.Contact.ContactID = Employee.ContactID
FOR XML PATH('Employee')

Nested XML - Using TYPE to Return the xml Data Type in a Subquery
SQL Server 2005 includes the xml data type. Specifying the TYPE directive in a FOR XML query returns the results as an xml
value instead of as a varchar string. The most significant impact of this is the ability to nest FOR XML queries to return
multilevel XML results in AUTO and RAW mode queries. The following example shows how to use the TYPE directive to nest
FOR XML queries.

SELECT Name CategoryName,

(SELECT Name SubCategoryName
FROM Production.ProductSubCategory SubCategory
WHERE SubCategory.ProductCategoryID=Category.ProductCategoryID
FOR XML AUTO, TYPE, ELEMENTS)
FROM Production.ProductCategory Category
FOR XML AUTO

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Nesting Tables by Using EXPLICIT Mode

SELECT 1 AS Tag,
NULL AS Parent,
SalesOrderID AS [Invoice!1!InvoiceNo],
OrderDate AS [Invoice!1!Date!Element],
NULL AS [LineItem!2!ProductID],
NULL AS [LineItem!2]
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader
UNION ALL
SELECT 2 AS Tag,
1 AS Parent,
OrderDetail.SalesOrderID,
NULL,
OrderDetail.ProductID,
Product.Name
FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail OrderDetail JOIN
Sales.SalesOrderHeader OrderHeader
ON OrderDetail.SalesOrderID= OrderHeader.SalesOrderID
JOIN Production.Product Product
ON OrderDetail.ProductID = Product.ProductID
ORDER BY [Invoice!1!InvoiceNo], [LineItem!2!ProductID]

FOR XML EXPLICIT

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