How to update a SQL table column with XML data

Question

Table 1:

id      title               chtml
0       Lopez, Michelle MD  Lopez, Michelle MDS         


        

Answer 1

this is the way to solve your problem

declare @table4 table
(Name nvarchar(22), Value3 nvarchar(22))

    insert into @table4 values ('Lopez, Michelle MD' ,'130 chester lane')       
    insert into @table4 values ('Michael, Jogn, MD ','320 nolan street') 

declare @table1 table
(id int, title nvarchar(max), chtml ntext)


insert into @table1 values (0,'Lopez, Michelle MD',  'Lopez, Michelle MDSpanish
49 west point908-783-0909CM')
insert into @table1 values (1,'Michael, Jogn, MD',   'Michael, Jogn, MDEnglish99 show drive908-783-0909KM')


declare @xml xml;
select top 1 @xml = cast(chtml as xml)
from @table1

-- How can I update the anchor link values of one table by querying another table data.
declare @titl nvarchar(22)
select @titl = Value3 from @table4 where Name = 'Lopez, Michelle MD'
set @xml.modify('
  replace value of (/root/StartOne/Value3/a/@title)[1]
  with sql:variable("@titl")
');
set @xml.modify('
  replace value of (/root/StartOne/Value3/a/text())[1]
  with sql:variable("@titl")
');

-- How can I update multiple fields, for Example `Value3` and `Value5`?
-- Answer: here you can modify Value5

update @table1
set chtml = cast(@xml as nvarchar(max))
where id = 0

select * from @table1