Retrieving XML element name using t-SQL

Question

If I have:

  
    john
    something or other
  
  

        

Answer 1

Actually, sorry, the best I've got is:

select distinct r.value('fn:local-name(.)', 'nvarchar(50)') as t
FROM
    @xml.nodes('//quotes/*/*') AS records(r)

Guess I answered my own question...

Answer 2

DECLARE @xml as xml
SET @xml = '<Address><Home>LINE1</Home></Address>'

SELECT Nodes.Name.query('local-name(.)') FROM @xml.nodes('//*') As Nodes(Name)

This will give the list of all elements