Using attribute more than once in FOR XML Path T-SQL query with same element name

Question

I am trying to create an xml output in SQL 2008 using FOR XML Path. This is working fine:

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Answer 1

I know this is an old post, but I want to share one solution that avoids that FOR XML EXPLICIT command complexity for big xmls.

It's enough to add null as a child of Taxonomy, and error will disappear:

    select 1 as 'Taxonomy/Category/@Level',
           t.MainCat as 'Taxonomy/Category',
           NULL AS 'Taxonomy/*',
           2 as 'Taxonomy/Category/@Level',
           t.SubCat as 'Taxonomy/Category',
    from t

I hope it helps.