XML question

  • Hello, I am working on a project that requires XML in a format that I have not worked with before. Some of the need to include the tag name with the actual column value inside the tag as well. For example:

    This is from a sample output provided from a customer.

    <p2:patient-working p1:value="Y"></p2:patient-working>

    Any ideas on how to white SQL to accomplish this?

  • Try this:

    DECLARE @XML XML = CAST('<p2:patient-working p1:value="Y"></p2:patient-working>' AS XML)

    You'll get:

    Msg 9459, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

    XML parsing: line 1, character 33, undeclared prefix

    So I don't think you'll be able to work with it as a SQL XML data type.


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  • The "Y" value is actually queried from the database and could be either "Y" or "N".

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