March 1, 2013 at 10:46 am
Hi,
Thanks for your help in advance. I am trying to get the following data
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[TABLE_XML1](
[ID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[TOP_LEVEL_ID] [int] NULL,
[TOP_LEVEL_ITEM] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
[SECOND_LEVEL_ID] [int] NULL,
[SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
[THIRD_LEVEL_ID] [int] NULL,
[THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
[FOURTH_LEVEL_ID] [int] NULL,
[FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_TABLE_XML1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[ID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
SET IDENTITY_INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ON
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (1, 294, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE A', 1244, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM A', 1245, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM A', 2222, N'FOURTH LEVEL ITEM A')
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (2, 294, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE A', 1252, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM B', 1245, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM A', 2223, N'FOURTH LEVEL ITEM B')
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (3, 294, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE A', 1254, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM C', 1255, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM B', 2231, N'FOURTH LEVEL ITEM C')
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (4, 294, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE A', 1298, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM D', 1255, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM B', 2313, N'FOURTH LEVEL ITEM D')
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (5, 294, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE A', 1302, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM E', 1303, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM C', 2318, N'FOURTH LEVEL ITEM E')
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (6, 294, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE A', 1305, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM F', 1303, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM C', 2192, N'FOURTH LEVEL ITEM F')
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (7, 656, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE B', 657, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM G', 27, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM A', NULL, NULL)
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (8, 656, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE B', 657, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM G', 638, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM B', NULL, NULL)
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (9, 656, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE B', 657, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM G', 939, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM C', NULL, NULL)
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (10, 656, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE B', 657, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM G', 939, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM C', NULL, NULL)
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (11, 656, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE B', 657, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM G', 939, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM C', NULL, NULL)
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (12, 656, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE B', 1165, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM H', 940, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM D', NULL, NULL)
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (13, 656, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE B', 1165, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM H', 940, N'THIRD LEVEL ITEM D', NULL, NULL)
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (14, 1234, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE C', 2206, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM I', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL)
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (15, 1234, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE C', 2207, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM J', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL)
GO
INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] ([ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ID], [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM], [SECOND_LEVEL_ID], [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM], [THIRD_LEVEL_ID], [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ID], [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM]) VALUES (16, 1234, N'TOP LEVEL TYPE C', 2208, N'SECOND LEVEL ITEM K', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL)
GO
SET IDENTITY_INSERT [dbo].[TABLE_XML1] OFF
GO
Into XML
Such that it is structured like
<TOP_LEVEL_ITEM= "TOP LEVEL TYPE A" TOP_LEVEL_ID="294">
<SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM= "SECOND LEVEL ITEM A" SECOND_LEVEL_ID="1244">
<THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM="THIRD LEVEL ITEM A" THIRD_LEVEL_ID="1245">
<FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM="FOURTH LEVEL ITEM A" FOURTH_LEVEL_ID="2222">
<FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM="FOURTH LEVEL ITEM b" FOURTH_LEVEL_ID="2223">
</THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM>
<THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM="THIRD LEVEL ITEM B" THIRD_LEVEL_ID="1255">
<FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM="FOURTH LEVEL ITEM C" FOURTH_LEVEL_ID="2231">
<FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM="FOURTH LEVEL ITEM D" FOURTH_LEVEL_ID="2313">
</THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM>
</SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM>
</TOP_LEVEL_ITEM>
Any pointers as to how I can achieve this are gratefully appreciated.
Cheers,
Oliver
March 1, 2013 at 1:03 pm
First, your XML is not valid. You can only assign values to attributes and you are trying to assign them to the tag.
<TOP_LEVEL_ITEM= "TOP LEVEL TYPE A" TOP_LEVEL_ID="294">
This needs to be changed to something like
<TOP_LEVEL_ITEM name= "TOP LEVEL TYPE A" TOP_LEVEL_ID="294">
Second, your data doesn't match the expected results. For instance, you results has id 2223 under 294/1244/1245, but you data has it under 294/1252/1245.
That being said, the most efficient way is probably to use FOR XML EXPLICIT, but most people find that too confusing. Any other method will have to access the table multiple times in order to create the requisite structure.
SELECT DISTINCT Tag, Parent
,t.[TOP_LEVEL_ITEM!1!name], t.[TOP_LEVEL_ITEM!1!id]
,t.[SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM!2!name], t.[SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM!2!id]
,t.[THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM!3!name], t.[THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM!3!id]
,t.[FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM!4!name], t.[FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM!4!id]
FROM #TABLE_XML1
OUTER APPLY (
SELECT 1 AS Tag, NULL AS PARENT
,TOP_LEVEL_ITEM AS [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM!1!name], TOP_LEVEL_ID AS [TOP_LEVEL_ITEM!1!id]
,NULL AS [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM!2!name], NULL AS [SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM!2!id]
,NULL AS [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM!3!name], NULL AS [THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM!3!id]
,NULL AS [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM!4!name], NULL AS [FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM!4!id]
UNION
SELECT 2, 1
,NULL, TOP_LEVEL_ID
,SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM, SECOND_LEVEL_ID
,NULL, NULL
,NULL, NULL
UNION
SELECT 3, 2
,NULL, TOP_LEVEL_ID
,NULL, SECOND_LEVEL_ID
,THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM, THIRD_LEVEL_ID
,NULL, NULL
WHERE THIRD_LEVEL_ID IS NOT NULL
UNION
SELECT 4, 3
,NULL, TOP_LEVEL_ID
,NULL, SECOND_LEVEL_ID
,NULL, THIRD_LEVEL_ID
,FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM, FOURTH_LEVEL_ID
WHERE FOURTH_LEVEL_ID IS NOT NULL
) AS t
ORDER BY t.[TOP_LEVEL_ITEM!1!id], t.[SECOND_LEVEL_ITEM!2!id], t.[THIRD_LEVEL_ITEM!3!id], t.[FOURTH_LEVEL_ITEM!4!id]
FOR XML EXPLICIT
Drew
J. Drew Allen
Business Intelligence Analyst
Philadelphia, PA
March 4, 2013 at 3:37 am
Many Thanks Drew,
This works really well. The table was just a poor example of a larger table I was working on. Sorry about the inconsistencies. One question for you, isn't XML explicit deprecated for future versions. Is this something I should be concerned about?
Many Thanks,
Oliver
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