Get followin sibling in SQL Server XPath

Question

Since SQL Server does not support following-sibling axis - what is the best way to get it? Let\'s say I have XML like this and I would like to get the first \'b\' node after a n

Answer 1

You could try something like this.

declare @X xml = '
<root>
    <a>cat</a>
    <b>Cats don''t like milk</b>
    <a>dog</a>
    <c>not this</c>
    <b>Dogs like everything</b>
    <b>and not this</b>
</root>'

select @X.query('(/root/b[. >> (/root/a[. = "dog"])[1]])[1]')