INSERT multi-table foreign keys from XML

• Carlo Clausius

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  August 7, 2014 at 3:48 pm

  #98846

  Hi

  I trying to build a SP in which I'm inserting foreign key values into a table from XML as follows.

  DECLARE @xmlInsertRecordString XML

  SET @xmlInsertRecordString = '<AllForcast>

  <SESA>SESA99999</SESA>

  <EmployeeName>Alex Bea</EmployeeName>

  <HiringStatus>Full Time</HiringStatus>

  <EmployeeGroup>HW</EmployeeGroup>

  <EmployeeSub-Group>HW</EmployeeSub-Group>

  <City>Burnaby</City>

  <ProjectStatus>Active</ProjectStatus>

  <ProjectName>AB-1</ProjectName>

  <ProjectCode>411</ProjectCode>

  <ProjectManager>John Doe</ProjectManager>

  <Notes></Notes>

  <Date>Jan 1 2016</Date>

  <Effort>1</Effort>

  <RecordBy>SESA123456</RecordBy>

  <RecordID>4</RecordID>

  </AllForcast>'

  INSERT INTO dbo.TBL_ALL_FORC_TEST (fk_sub_group, fk_employee, fk_project)

  SELECT ID FROM dbo.TBL_EMPLOYEE_SUB_GROUP_LU WHERE [sub_group] = (SELECT a.a.value('.', 'VARCHAR(255)') AS GroupID FROM @xmlInsertRecordString.nodes('/AllForcast/EmployeeSub-Group') AS a(a))),

  SELECT ID FROM dbo.TBL_MAIN_EMPLOYEE WHERE sesa_id = (SELECT a.a.value('.', 'VARCHAR(256)') AS EmplyID FROM @xmlInsertRecordString.nodes('/AllForcast/SESA') AS a(a)),

  SELECT ID FROM dbo.TBL_MAIN_PROJECTS WHERE project_code = (SELECT a.a.value('.', 'VARCHAR(256)') AS ProjID FROM @xmlInsertRecordString.nodes('/AllForcast/ProjectCode') AS a(a))

  I can get one insert in for a column this way but not multiples as exampled.

  Thoughts?

  Thanks

• Evil Kraig F

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  August 7, 2014 at 4:17 pm

  #1736234

  I'm not sure I'm clear on your objective. Are you simply trying to get your three columns into a single select into the same table, or have I horribly misunderstood what you're asking?

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• Carlo Clausius

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  August 7, 2014 at 4:26 pm

  #1736239

  I'm not sure I'm clear on your objective. Are you simply trying to get your three columns into a single select into the same table, or have I horribly misunderstood what you're asking?

  Yes. Right now I'm declaring three variables, assigning the value to the variables one by one, then doing the insert into the table using the three variables...tedious and I'm getting finger fatigue.:crazy:

• Evil Kraig F

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  August 7, 2014 at 4:43 pm

  #1736243

  Try the following, then just join normally:

  DECLARE @xmlInsertRecordString XML

  DECLARE @iDoc INT

  SET @xmlInsertRecordString = '<AllForcast>

  <SESA>SESA99999</SESA>

  <EmployeeName>Alex Bea</EmployeeName>

  <HiringStatus>Full Time</HiringStatus>

  <EmployeeGroup>HW</EmployeeGroup>

  <EmployeeSub-Group>HW</EmployeeSub-Group>

  <City>Burnaby</City>

  <ProjectStatus>Active</ProjectStatus>

  <ProjectName>AB-1</ProjectName>

  <ProjectCode>411</ProjectCode>

  <ProjectManager>John Doe</ProjectManager>

  <Notes></Notes>

  <Date>Jan 1 2016</Date>

  <Effort>1</Effort>

  <RecordBy>SESA123456</RecordBy>

  <RecordID>4</RecordID>

  </AllForcast>'

  EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @iDoc OUTPUT, @xmlInsertRecordString

  SELECT

  *

  FROM

  OPENXML( @iDoc, '//AllForcast')

  WITH (EmpSubGroup VARCHAR( 50) 'EmployeeSub-Group',

  SESA VARCHAR(50) 'SESA',

  ProjectCode VARCHAR(50) 'ProjectCode'

  ) AS ox

  EXEC sp_xml_removedocument @iDoc

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• Carlo Clausius

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  August 7, 2014 at 4:54 pm

  #1736245

  Nice!!

  Thank you.