Get XML nodes from SQL Server column as comma-separated list

Question

I have a data stored in a xml column and need a comma-separated list of child nodes. Using script below, I can only get \"A B C\". Please help me get \"A,B,C\" using xquery

Answer 1

Try this:

SELECT
    STUFF((SELECT 
              ',' + fd.v.value('(.)[1]', 'varchar(10)')
           FROM 
              Temp12345
           CROSS APPLY
              col1.nodes('/fd/field/v') AS fd(v)
           FOR XML PATH('')
          ), 1, 1, '')

This gives me A,B,C - does it work for you, too?

Answer 2

In a full complain XQuery processor you could use just:

(/fd/field[@i=22])[1]/string-join(*,',')