Output XML Files with encoding UTF-8 using SQL Server

Question

I have a query that generates XML files and loads them to FTP with .

I need to switch encoding to UTF-8 as follows:

Answer 1

SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO


CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[MyXMLTest]
@FileDestinationDir VARCHAR(2000)

-- to call procedure specify your own file path 
-- EXEC [Audit_DBA].[dbo].[MyXMLTest] 'E:\NLP\GovwinIQ_Ontology\NewFolder'

AS 

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

IF OBJECT_ID (N'InputTemp.dbo.XMLTest', N'U') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE InputTemp.dbo.XMLTest;

CREATE TABLE InputTemp.dbo.XMLTest

(
[Id] INT NOT NULL,
[FirstName] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
[LastName] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
[Address] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL
);

INSERT INTO InputTemp.dbo.XMLTest ([Id], [FirstName], [LastName], [Address])
VALUES (12, 'Zhuk', 'Termik', '123 Gam Str, Boston, NY');

--SELECT * FROM InputTemp.dbo.XMLTest

DECLARE @FilePath VARCHAR(4000)

DECLARE @SQLStr NVARCHAR(4000),
        @Cmd NVARCHAR(4000),
        @Ret INT

DECLARE @Id INT;

SELECT @Id = 12;

SELECT @SQLStr = 
'SELECT N'''' + (SELECT CAST((SELECT [Id], [FirstName], [LastName], [Address] FROM InputTemp.dbo.XMLTest AS Body WHERE Id = '''  + str(@Id) + ''' FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS) AS NVARCHAR(MAX)))'

SELECT @SQLStr AS SQLStr

SELECT @FilePath = @FileDestinationDir+'\NewFolder'+ltrim(rtrim(str(@Id)))+'.xml' 

SELECT @Cmd = ' bcp " ' + @SQLStr + '" queryout '+@FilePath+' -c  -C65001 -r "" -T -S ' +@@ServerName 

EXEC @Ret = master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @Cmd 

IF OBJECT_ID (N'InputTemp.dbo.XMLTest', N'U') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE InputTemp.dbo.XMLTest;

GO