In SQL Server can I insert multiple nodes into XML from a table?

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夕颜 2021-01-15 16:02

I want to generate some XML in a stored procedure based on data in a table.

The following insert allows me to add many nodes but they have to be hard-coded or use va

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  • 2021-01-15 16:43

    Use sql:column instead of sql:variable. You can find detailed info here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191214.aspx

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  • 2021-01-15 16:51

    Have you tried nesting FOR XML PATH scalar valued functions? With the nesting technique, you can brake your SQL into very managable/readable elemental pieces

    Disclaimer: the following, while adapted from a working example, has not itself been literally tested

    Some reference links for the general audience

    • http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178107(SQL.90).aspx
    • http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189885(SQL.90).aspx

    The simplest, lowest level nested node example

    Consider the following invocation

    DECLARE  @NestedInput_SpecificDogNameId int
    SET @NestedInput_SpecificDogNameId = 99
    SELECT [dbo].[udfGetLowestLevelNestedNode_SpecificDogName] 
    (@NestedInput_SpecificDogNameId)
    

    Let's say had udfGetLowestLevelNestedNode_SpecificDogName had been written without the FOR XML PATH clause, and for @NestedInput_SpecificDogName = 99 it returns the single rowset record:

    @SpecificDogNameId  DogName
    99                  Astro
    

    But with the FOR XML PATH clause,

    CREATE FUNCTION dbo.udfGetLowestLevelNestedNode_SpecificDogName
    (
    @NestedInput_SpecificDogNameId
    )
        RETURNS XML
        AS
        BEGIN
    
            -- Declare the return variable here
            DECLARE @ResultVar XML
    
            -- Add the T-SQL statements to compute the return value here
            SET @ResultVar =
                (
                SELECT 
                      @SpecificDogNameId as "@SpecificDogNameId",
                      t.DogName 
                FROM tblDogs t
                FOR XML PATH('Dog')
                )
    
            -- Return the result of the function
            RETURN @ResultVar
    
    END
    

    the user-defined function produces the following XML (the @ signs causes the SpecificDogNameId field to be returned as an attribute)

    <Dog SpecificDogNameId=99>Astro</Dog>
    

    Nesting User-defined Functions of XML Type

    User-defined functions such as the above udfGetLowestLevelNestedNode_SpecificDogName can be nested to provide a powerful method to produce complex XML.

    For example, the function

    CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[udfGetDogCollectionNode]()
        RETURNS XML
        AS
        BEGIN
    
            -- Declare the return variable here
            DECLARE @ResultVar XML
    
            -- Add the T-SQL statements to compute the return value here
            SET @ResultVar =
                (
                    SELECT  
                    [dbo].[udfGetLowestLevelNestedNode_SpecificDogName]
                            (t.SpecificDogNameId)
                    FROM tblDogs t
    
                    FOR XML PATH('DogCollection') ELEMENTS
                )
            -- Return the result of the function
            RETURN @ResultVar
    
    END
    

    when invoked as

    SELECT [dbo].[udfGetDogCollectionNode]()
    

    might produce the complex XML node (given the appropriate underlying data)

    <DogCollection>
        <Dog SpecificDogNameId="88">Dino</Dog>
        <Dog SpecificDogNameId="99">Astro</Dog>
    </DogCollection>
    

    From here, you could keep working upwards in the nested tree to build as complex an XML structure as you please

    CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[udfGetAnimalCollectionNode]()
    RETURNS XML
    AS
    BEGIN
    
    DECLARE @ResultVar XML
    
    SET @ResultVar =
    (
    SELECT 
    dbo.udfGetDogCollectionNode(),
    dbo.udfGetCatCollectionNode()
    FOR XML PATH('AnimalCollection'), ELEMENTS XSINIL
    )
    
    RETURN @ResultVar
    
    END
    

    when invoked as

    SELECT [dbo].[udfGetAnimalCollectionNode]()
    

    the udf might produce the more complex XML node (given the appropriate underlying data)

    <AnimalCollection>
      <DogCollection>
        <Dog SpecificDogNameId="88">Dino</Dog>
        <Dog SpecificDogNameId="99">Astro</Dog>
      </DogCollection>
      <CatCollection>
        <Cat SpecificCatNameId="11">Sylvester</Cat>
        <Cat SpecificCatNameId="22">Tom</Cat>
        <Cat SpecificCatNameId="33">Felix</Cat>
      </CatCollection>
    </AnimalCollection>
    
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  • 2021-01-15 16:56

    Can you tell a bit more about what exactly you are planning to do. Is it simply generating XML data based on a content of the table or adding some data from the table to an existing xml structure?

    There are great series of articles on the subject on XML in SQLServer written by Jacob Sebastian, it starts with the basics of generating XML from the data in the table

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