XML data retrieval

  • Hello all

    I am trying to get data from an xml file and I cannot figure out what's wrong. Can you please help me with a piece of code. the xml file looks like this:

    <Row ss:StyleID="s63">

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx</Data></Cell>

    </Row>

    <row>

    .....................

    </row>

    .............

    the path to this rows is: /workbook/worksheet/table/row

    from each row, I want to get only the first 4 columns.

  • It will be helpful if you attach / post a workable document.

    In the meantime here is an example that can help you.

    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    USE tempdb;

    GO

    DECLARE @x xml = '

    <Table xmlns:ss="uri">

    <Row ss:StyleID="s63" ID="1">

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxxx-1</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx-2</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx-3</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxxx-4</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx-5</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxx-6</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxx-7</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxx-8</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx-9</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx-10</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxxxx-11</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxxxx-12</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx-13</Data></Cell>

    </Row>

    <Row ss:StyleID="s63" ID="2">

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx-1</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx-2</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx-3</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx-4</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">xxxxxxxx-5</Data></Cell>

    </Row>

    </Table>';

    WITH XMLNAMESPACES ('uri' AS ss)

    ,C1 AS (

    SELECT

    n1.r.value('@ID[1]', 'int') AS RID,

    n2.d.value('text()[1]', 'varchar(128)') AS val,

    ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY n1.r ORDER BY n2.d) AS rn

    FROM

    @x.nodes('Table/Row') AS n1(r)

    CROSS APPLY

    n1.r.nodes('Cell/Data') AS n2(d)

    )

    SELECT

    RID,

    val

    FROM

    C1

    WHERE

    rn < 5

    ORDER BY

    RID,

    rn;

    GO

  • Thank you for the answer, but it's not exactly how I need it. As for the xml file, I cannot do anything. I see that you used an ID for each row. I cannot use that. and the final display should look like this:

    row1: col1 col2 col3 col4

    row2: col1 col2 col3 col4

    .............

    I will prepare a document for upload

  • here is the file. so the result should look like this:

    Hostname DBInstanceName DatabaseName

    host1 instance 1 db1

    host1 instance1 db2

    host2 instance2 db1

    host2 instance2 db2

    from each <row> ....</row> I want the first 3 datacells

    *please change the file extension. I am not allowed to upload as xml so I made it .txt

  • You are interested in pivoting the values for all nodes positioned at specific number. If we extract the text an enumerate the rows then the numbers greater 4, 5 and 6 correspond to (Hostname, DBInstanceName, DatabaseName) and you have a block every 13 rows.

    We have to identify the blocks "(rn - 1) / 13" and pivot the data.

    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    USE tempdb;

    GO

    DECLARE @x xml = N'<?xml version="1.0"?>

    <?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?>

    <Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"

    xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"

    xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"

    xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"

    xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

    <DocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">

    <Author>Author_of_XML</Author>

    <LastAuthor>Author_of_XML</LastAuthor>

    <Version>1.00</Version>

    </DocumentProperties>

    <OfficeDocumentSettings xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">

    <DownloadComponents/>

    <LocationOfComponents HRef="/"/>

    </OfficeDocumentSettings>

    <ExcelWorkbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">

    <WindowHeight>13020</WindowHeight>

    <WindowWidth>28800</WindowWidth>

    <WindowTopX>0</WindowTopX>

    <WindowTopY>0</WindowTopY>

    <ProtectStructure>False</ProtectStructure>

    <ProtectWindows>False</ProtectWindows>

    </ExcelWorkbook>

    <Styles>

    <Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal">

    <Alignment ss:Vertical="Bottom"/>

    <Borders/>

    <Font ss:FontName="Arial"/>

    <Interior ss:Color="gray" ss:Pattern="Solid"/>

    <NumberFormat/>

    <Protection/>

    </Style>

    <Style ss:ID="s63" ss:Name="TableHeader">

    <Borders>

    <Border ss:Position="Bottom" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#990000"/>

    <Border ss:Position="Left" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#990000"/>

    <Border ss:Position="Right" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#990000"/>

    <Border ss:Position="Top" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#990000"/>

    </Borders>

    <Font ss:FontName="Arial" ss:Color="#000000" ss:Bold="1"/>

    <Interior ss:Color="#EADEC2" ss:Pattern="Solid"/>

    </Style>

    <Style ss:ID="s64" ss:Name="TableValues">

    <Borders>

    <Border ss:Position="Bottom" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#000000"/>

    <Border ss:Position="Left" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#000000"/>

    <Border ss:Position="Right" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#000000"/>

    <Border ss:Position="Top" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#000000"/>

    </Borders>

    <Font ss:FontName="Arial"/>

    <Interior ss:Color="#F9F9F9" ss:Pattern="Solid"/>

    </Style>

    <Style ss:ID="s62" ss:Name="TopHeader">

    <Alignment ss:Vertical="Center"/>

    <Borders>

    <Border ss:Position="Left" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#FFFFFF"/>

    <Border ss:Position="Right" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#FFFFFF"/>

    </Borders>

    <Font ss:FontName="Arial" ss:Color="#FFFFFF" ss:Bold="1"/>

    <Interior ss:Color="#990000" ss:Pattern="Solid"/>

    </Style>

    <Style ss:ID="m206143808" ss:Parent="s62">

    <Alignment ss:Vertical="Center"/>

    <Borders>

    <Border ss:Position="Left" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#FFFFFF"/>

    <Border ss:Position="Right" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#FFFFFF"/>

    </Borders>

    <Font ss:FontName="Arial" ss:Color="#FFFFFF" ss:Bold="1"/>

    <Interior ss:Color="#990000" ss:Pattern="Solid"/>

    </Style>

    <Style ss:ID="m206143828" ss:Parent="s62">

    <Alignment ss:Vertical="Center"/>

    <Borders>

    <Border ss:Position="Left" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#FFFFFF"/>

    <Border ss:Position="Right" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"

    ss:Color="#FFFFFF"/>

    </Borders>

    <Font ss:FontName="Arial" ss:Color="#FFFFFF" ss:Bold="1"/>

    <Interior ss:Color="#990000" ss:Pattern="Solid"/>

    </Style>

    </Styles>

    <Worksheet ss:Name="DatabaseInfo">

    <Table ss:ExpandedColumnCount="15" x:FullColumns="1" x:FullRows="1">

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="60"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="72"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="126"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="108"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="54"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="81"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="72"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="72"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="63"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="63"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="90"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="81"/>

    <ss:Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="108"/>

    <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0" ss:Height="20.0625" ss:StyleID="s62">

    <Cell ss:MergeAcross="14" ss:StyleID="m206143808"><Data ss:Type="String">Database Info</Data></Cell>

    </Row>

    <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0" ss:Height="20.0625" ss:StyleID="s62">

    <Cell ss:MergeAcross="14" ss:StyleID="m206143828"><Data ss:Type="String">Generated by ...... on ......</Data></Cell>

    </Row>

    <Row ss:StyleID="s63">

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">DatabaseID</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Hostname</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">DBInstanceName</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">DatabaseName</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Status</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Collation</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Recovery</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">TotalMBs</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">UsedMBs</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">FreeMBs</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">LogSizeMBs</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">LogUsage%</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">LastScanTime</Data></Cell>

    </Row>

    <Row ss:StyleID="s64">

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="Number">12</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Hostname1</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Instancename1</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">database1</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">ONLINE</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Latin1_General_CI_AS</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">SIMPLE</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">4.44</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">4.06</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">0.38</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">1.49</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">45.55</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">10/02/2012 07:43:26</Data></Cell>

    </Row>

    <Row ss:StyleID="s64">

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="Number">13</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Hostname1</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Instancename1</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Database2</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">ONLINE</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Latin1_General_CI_AS</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">SIMPLE</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">406.63</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">10.5</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">396.13</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">611.12</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">13.42</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">10/02/2012 07:43:26</Data></Cell>

    </Row>

    <Row ss:StyleID="s64">

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="Number">14</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Hostname2</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Instancename2</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">database1</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">ONLINE</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Latin1_General_CI_AS</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">FULL</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">2.19</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">1.38</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">0.81</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">2.49</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">37.93</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">10/02/2012 07:43:26</Data></Cell>

    </Row>

    <Row ss:StyleID="s64">

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="Number">14</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Hostname2</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Instancename2</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">database2</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">ONLINE</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Latin1_General_CI_AS</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">SIMPLE</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">984.38</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">922.94</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">61.44</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">19.62</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">37</Data></Cell>

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">10/02/2012 07:43:26</Data></Cell>

    </Row>

    <Row ss:StyleID="s63">

    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String"></Data></Cell>

    </Row>

    </Table>

    <WorksheetOptions xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">

    <ProtectObjects>False</ProtectObjects>

    <ProtectScenarios>False</ProtectScenarios>

    </WorksheetOptions>

    </Worksheet>

    </Workbook>';

    WITH XMLNAMESPACES (

    DEFAULT 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet',

    'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet' AS ss

    )

    , C1 AS (

    SELECT

    DENSE_RANK() OVER(PARTITION BY n1.t ORDER BY n1.t) AS TID,

    ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY n1.t ORDER BY n2.d) AS rn,

    n2.d.value('text()[1]', 'varchar(128)') AS val

    FROM

    @x.nodes('Workbook/Worksheet/Table') AS n1(t)

    CROSS APPLY

    n1.t.nodes('Row/Cell/Data') AS n2(d)

    )

    , C2 AS (

    SELECT

    TID,

    (rn - 1) / 13 AS RID,

    rn % 13 AS CID,

    val

    FROM

    C1

    WHERE

    rn > 6

    AND rn % 13 IN (4, 5, 6)

    )

    SELECT

    TID,

    RID,

    [4] AS [Hostname],

    [5] AS [DBInstanceName],

    [6] AS [DatabaseName]

    FROM

    C2

    PIVOT

    (

    MAX(val)

    FOR CID IN ([4], [5], [6])

    ) AS P;

    GO

  • Forgot to mention that you can populate the variable directly from the xml file.

    ...

    DECLARE @x xml;

    SET @x = (

    SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(

    BULK 'c:\temp\xmlsamplefile.xml',

    SINGLE_BLOB) AS x

    );

    ...

  • Dear gods, someone sent you an Excel file as XML? That's simply evil. Excel is bad enough as it is.

    I didn't notice a code sample to be able to assist you in determine what went wrong in your code. Accessing the XML is simple enough, it's just using XQuery. What are you trying to do with it?


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  • thanks a lot hunchback!!!

    I don't understand a thing from the code, but it works perfectly. 🙂

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