Querying XML files using SQL 2000

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Querying XML files using SQL 2000

David.Poole

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October 9, 2002 at 12:00 am

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David.Poole SSC Guru Points: 76000 More actions · Answer 1

Oh the embarrassment!!!!

Thanks to Carsten Dauguaard for spotting it.

In the code for the stored procedure

exec sp_xml_preparedocument @iDocumentHandle OUTPUT, @stdoc

should be

exec sp_xml_preparedocument @iDocumentHandle OUTPUT, @stXML

This is what you get when you copy a stored proc into Word, save it as html then edit the html in notepad!

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David.Poole SSC Guru Points: 76000 More actions · Answer 2

Oh the embarrassment, thanks to Carsten Dauguaard for spotting it.

exec sp_xml_preparedocument @iDocumentHandle OUTPUT, @stdoc

should be

exec sp_xml_preparedocument @iDocumentHandle OUTPUT, @stXML

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ckempste SSCoach Points: 17983 More actions · Answer 3

Great article !

Chris Kempster
www.chriskempster.com
Author of "SQL Server Backup, Recovery & Troubleshooting"
Author of "SQL Server 2k for the Oracle DBA"

ckempste SSCoach Points: 17983 More actions · Answer 4

Hi

One question:

WARNING: - This will use 1/8th of the memory available to SQL Server.

So, we open up 10 4kb documents it will do what to memory?? and what memory structure are we talking about?

Cheers

Ck

Chris Kempster
www.chriskempster.com
Author of "SQL Server Backup, Recovery & Troubleshooting"
Author of "SQL Server 2k for the Oracle DBA"

David.Poole SSC Guru Points: 76000 More actions · Answer 5

Books on line says "A parsed document is stored in the internal cache of SQL Server 2000. The MSXML parser uses one-eighth the total memory available for SQL Server. To avoid running out of memory, run sp_xml_removedocument to free up the memory.".

Although it makes reference to the XML Parser but it is not crystal clear whether this means there is a 1/8th penalty overall for using the XML parser or 1/8th per document.

I haven't had chance to test it in anger because the CMS we are developing on has a memory leak (more of a terminal gush) in its implementation of DOM so I've had to revert to itterating through a normal recordset building up the XML as a text string.

Which ever scenario is used the guideline I would suggest is to use the sp_xml_removedocument as soon as humanly possible.

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mo ordi Newbie Points: 9 More actions · Answer 6

great article but my question is: where do you specify the pad to your XML file

meherkn Grasshopper Points: 23 More actions · Answer 7

What do we do if the XML to be processed is more than 8000 characters? Do we wait for SQL Sever 2005 for next generation of XML- SQL usage?

Anonymous SSCrazy Points: 2228 More actions · Answer 8

In case anyone is still watching this thread...

I come from the "validate all input" school, especially when a "blind" SP is called from who knows where. Does anyone have any guidance in SS2K on validating the elements in the document before hitting an exception for a "bad date" or "number too large for destination data type" issue? I've worked out a really clunky way using OPENXML into nvarchar fields, then validate, then parse again into typed fields when the entire doc is valid, but there must be something better

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January 16, 2008 at 6:15 am

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where do i store XML file

tomailback SSC Rookie Points: 27 More actions · Answer 10

Greate article, but I have to insert my xml file into the code! How do I manage it to read the file from the hard drive??? That's much more important for me!

Thank you very much!