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By: bharatnet

bharatnet — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 03:54:48 +0000

Hello sir,

how to read xml file from url in sql server 2008 and insert into table?

Thank You,
bharat

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:51:42 +0000

How can I do if the XML file has namespace?

By: Dhinakaran

Dhinakaran — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:17:31 +0000

Hi pinal..
I have a serious issues.. we are getting data’s daily in a XML format and we need to insert all these data’s into SQL SERVER. The problem is, we have a column called ‘Amount’ and same name we are maintaining in our SQL server.

Sometimes, we are receiving XML files, with ‘Amount’ column name changed as ‘Amt’ and without checking if we load it, we are inserted with Null values.

So I need to solution, that my table should accept AMOUNT as well as AMT as column name.

Can you let me know the solution please.

Thanks and regards,
Dhinakaran

By: sobhan

sobhan — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:40:49 +0000

Hi, how to read the xml in sql server 2005. Below my code is placed,

declare @xml xml

set @xml=
‘

01 first

02 Second

‘

select a.b.value(‘.’, ‘nvarchar(50)’) as a_value
from @xml.nodes(‘parent/child /subChild’) a(b)

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:43:51 +0000

looks like the xml won’t post. trying again replacing with LT & GT:

LT?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″ GT
LTappSettingsGT
LT!– COPY THIS FILE TO C:\DLR –GT
LT!– Change the pieces to run to true –GT
LT!– InputFeeds –GT
LTadd key=”LoadPLPD” value = “false” /GT
LT!– LoadPLPDCancelDays is used to calculate the cancel date and should be a value greater than zero/GT
–>
LTadd key=”LoadPLPDCancelDays” value = “22″ /GT

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:57:18 +0000

I'm trying to pull a single int from an xml file stored on an app server into a stored proc, but I'm not sure how that would work even after reading all of the examples above. I'd need to reference the file as \\[app server name]\c$\[path]\[filename].xml. Also, the int in the xml file is not stored within a tag, but is instead a key. Here is an excerpt of the xml file up to the point of the int that I need to pull in (I want 22 to be returned to the stored proc):

By: Azziet

Azziet — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:09:19 +0000

Use This
SELECT xCol.value(‘(//author/last-name)[1]‘, ‘nvarchar(50)’) LastName
FROM docs

By: ramdas

ramdas — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:47:13 +0000

“XQuery [value()]: ‘value()’ requires a singleton (or empty sequence), found operand of type ‘xdt:untypedAtomic *’”
sir when i write the above command it shows me this error.

By: praveen kumar

praveen kumar — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:23:14 +0000

Hi Dave,

I have a Stored procedure that reads XML file using the following query

INSERT INTO inv_tempfile(BulkColumn)
select BulkColumn from Openrowset(
Bulk ”’ + @FileName + ”’, Single_Blob) as tt

This query reads the entire content of the file into inv_tempfile. The BulkColumn is a VARCHAR(MAX) type.

But the problem is, if the XML file contains “?” in any of its elements. Then this query is unable to read the whole file content.

below is the sample XML Element file.

#805 ? 2988 Alder Street, Vancouver tario C0B1C0

Can u please explain me why this is happening and if there is any workaround.

By: ram

ram — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:51:52 +0000

Dear

i have one employee table in xml
how to display the all records from xml
like(select *from emp)

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By: vasu

vasu — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:45:16 +0000

Sir Help me in getting the text of a particular value attribute

By: Akhil

Akhil — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:33:40 +0000

DECLARE @productIds xml
SET @productIds =’3615′

SELECT
ParamValues.ID.value(‘.’,'VARCHAR(20)’)
FROM @productIds.nodes(‘/Products/id’) as ParamValues(ID)

By: penolepe

penolepe — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:05:29 +0000

you are perfect. very thanks.

By: S.L.

S.L. — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:52:46 +0000

So, where is the code to actually read XML from a *FILE* — The title says “example of reading xml file” but I see nothing about how to open and read data from an XML file on disk??

By: John Effle

John Effle — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:39:23 +0000

Thank you Mr. Pinal

By: dann

dann — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:09:38 +0000

hi, pueden ayudarme se los voy a agradecer mucho. how create schema for this xml? 2345345 345 04/25/2011 09:12 am

By: dinesh singu

dinesh singu — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:48:48 +0000

sir I need help for inserting muliple rows in table
for 100 colours then I have to folowing
a.b.value(‘Colors[1]/Color1[1]‘,‘varchar(10)’) AS Color1,
a.b.value(‘Colors[1]/Color2[1]‘,‘varchar(10)’) AS Color2,
……..
……
…….
a.b.value(‘Colors[1]/Color1[100]‘,‘varchar(10)’) AS Color1,
this much code we have.we have any option to write in 2 or 3 lines
pls help me .mail me on [email removed]

By: dinesh singu

dinesh singu — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:42:26 +0000

hello give proper single quotes

By: sharon

sharon — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:27:05 +0000

Hi Mr. Pinal,
How can i show the following xml in select view
thanks
sharon

declare @xml xml
set @xml =
User ID=25
SecurityLevelID 222 SecurityLevelID
SecurityLevelID 223 SecurityLevelID
SecurityLevelID 224 SecurityLevelID
UserID

result :
SecurityLevelID ID
222 25
223 25
224 25

By: sharon

sharon — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:24:32 +0000

Hi Mr. Pinal,
How can i show the following xml in select view
thanks
sharon

declare @xml xml
set @xml =
‘
222
223
224
‘

result :
SecurityLevelID ID
222 25
223 25
224 25

By: Sabeer

Sabeer — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:11:28 +0000

Hi Sir, I have XML that is in the Format contractTypeId 15 endDate J startDate 03/01/2004 restrictedService False requestType R requestTypeId 4 contractAmount $10.00 versionNo 1 listId 249 changeOrderId -1 supplementNo 0 templateId 19 requestDocId 224 requestId 234 orgUnitTemplateId 19 contractTypeRequired False EndDate 31/03/2011 it's required for me to update the Only startdate and EndDate values with new dates. Please help me on this ?

By: John Jacobson

John Jacobson — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:07:51 +0000

Thanks so much for your clear concise examples!! You are a life saver.

By: Vinod

Vinod — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:25:38 +0000

Sample file once again the sample file.

27/06/2011
123456789
1234
CCODE001
CUSTOMER NAME
N

REC ADDR 1
REC ADDR 2

WORLD

SENDER NAME

SEND ADDR 1
SEND ADDR 2
SEND ADDR 3
STATE
POSTCODE

S
CARRIER NAME
999123
BY ROAD
N

6
18
0
0
0

10.00
11.00
0
11.00
11.00
0
11.00
11.00
1

ABCDEFGHIJ000000990001
ABCDEFGHIJ000000990002
0

T000123
CUSTOMER
6
6