Get the names of attributes from an element in a SQL XML column

Question

For this xml (in a SQL 2005 XML column):

 1
 
 



        

Answer 1

Declare @xml Xml = '<doc><a>1</a><b ba="1" bb="2" bc="3" /><c bd="3"/></doc>'

Select n.value('local-name(.)', 'varchar(max)')  from @xml.nodes('/doc/*/@*') a(n)

Returns ba bb bc bd

Answer 2

DECLARE @xml as xml

SET @xml = 
'<doc>
 <a>1</a>
 <b ba="1" bb="2" bc="3" />
 <c bd="3"/>
</doc>'

SELECT DISTINCT
 CAST(Attribute.Name.query('local-name(.)') AS VARCHAR(100)) Attribute,
 Attribute.Name.value('.','VARCHAR(100)') Value
FROM @xml.nodes('//@*') Attribute(Name)

Returns:

Attribute Value

ba 1

bb 2

bc 3

bd 3

Answer 3

DECLARE @xml as xml
DECLARE @path as varchar(max)
DECLARE @index int, @count int

SET @xml = 
'<doc>
 <a>1</a>
 <b ba="1" bb="2" bc="3" />
 <c bd="3"/>
</doc>'



SELECT @index = 1

SET @count = @xml.query('count(/doc/b/@*)').value('.','int')

WHILE @index <= @count 
BEGIN
    SELECT  @xml.value('local-name((/doc/b/@*[sql:variable("@index")])[1])', 'varchar(max)')
    SET @index = @index + 1
END

for element 'b'

it returns

• ba
• bb
• bc

You can build a loop to get attributes for each element in the xml.

BTW The XML in your sample should be closed at closing doc tag.

Answer 4

this:

declare @xml as xml

set @xml = 
'<doc>
 <a>1</a>
 <b ba="1" bb="2" bc="3" />
 <c bd="3"/>
</doc>'

select @xml.query('
    for $attr in /doc/b/@*
    return local-name($attr)') 

returns:

ba bb bc