Update XML node value in SQL Server

Question

I need to update the GroupID field to a 0. I have figured out how to retrieve the value, I am now running into problems updating it.

Any help would ge great!

Answer 1

You can do something like this:

UPDATE 
   dbo.profiles
SET 
   ProfileXML.modify('replace value of (/ProblemProfile/GroupID/text())[1] with "0"')
WHERE
   id = 23

Check out this article on SQL Server 2005 XQuery and XML-DML for more details on what you can do with the .modify keyword (insert, delete, replace etc.).

Marc

PS: In order to get the value, it would be a lot easier to do just this:

SELECT ProfileXML.value('(/ProblemProfile/GroupID)[1]', 'int') as ID
FROM dbo.profiles
WHERE id = 23

(unless of course you need the XML as a SQL variable for something else later on)

Answer 2

The simplest way to change the text inside element

UPDATE [TableName]
   SET  
      [fieldName].modify('replace value of (root/elementName/text())[1] with "wBob"')
GO