Questions tagged [xml]
Short for 'eXtensible Markup Language.' A textual markup language for transferring structured data.
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SQL Query content from XML issue
This is the XML table I need to query.
And I need to query the 52324672-bd54-44cf-b836-869d39d64bd8 from value tag.
I tried to query like this
But it is not working as the issue looks from the i:...
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Export query result to Oracle Server
I have written PL/SQL code to store XML into cursor.
Refer the below code
Requirement:
As of line at line 83, I am inserting the result into another table (XML_GEN) as XMLTYPE datatype.
Line: insert ...
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How does the XML_COMPRESSION option work?
XML_COMPRESSION has recently gone GA in Azure SQL Database
I've been trying to find some details about how it works to understand the pros and cons and so far not found any specifics.
Trying the below ...
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Converting VARCHAR to XML with a size restriction
I have a query that needs to return text as valid XML.
I also need to restrict the length of the text to a specific number of characters.
I adapted a function that performs the conversion and outputs ...
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Generate XML for each group in the table
I have the below data which I need to group with buid, duid and aid
INSERT INTO XmlTable (id, cid, aid, buid, duid)
VALUES(624220, 68487905, 33, '77D8B242', 'DF6DC7D0')
,(625475, 68487905, 33, '...
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XML Reader Performance
I am trying to optimize a query and it seems that this code, specifically the XML Reader is causing the issue.
insert into #temp1 (Items, ApplicationId)
select distinct convert(varchar(2000),z.query('....
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How to get more then one concatenated column from table rows
Below is a code i use now.
In real life @stab table is big (and it is normal table not variable) and there are many concatenated columns, not only 2.
I wonder is there any better solution than I use ...
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XML datatype instance has too many levels of nested nodes. Maximum allowed depth is 128 levels
This is the error message I get when running the query below:
Msg 6335, Level 16, State 102, Line 43 XML datatype instance has too
many levels of nested nodes. Maximum allowed depth is 128 levels.
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SQL: Count number of distinct records based on attribute value in an xml
Say I have following xml
<Operations>
<Info Id="2265" cId="2" aId="5" />
<Info Id="2266" cId="2" aId="5" />
<Info ...
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Can't read data out of XML stored in table column
I have some data stored in a table in XML format:
<AccountTypes xmlns="">
<Id>1003</Id>
<Id>2</Id>
<Id>3</Id>
<Id>1004</Id>
&...
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XML data type cannot be compared or sorted
My source is in SQL server; my target is in Snowflake. The target table was created by extracting the XML column only from the source. I need to compare the first 20 rows in source and target to see ...
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What is the best option to store XML in SQL Server 2016?
On SQL Server 2016 (13.0.6300.2) we have one table that have two XML columns and around 1 500 000 rows. Size of table is around 150 GB. What is the best option to compress this table ? I was checking ...
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XML vs UDF performance in SQL Server
I have a situation where I have to decide between receiving XML as an input parameter to the stored procedure or a list of comma separated values and parse them using a multi-table valued function.
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SQL Server XQuery Namepace
I'm trying to query an xml like below.
<wfs:FeatureCollection xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" xmlns:wfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis....
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Return Variable Number Of Attributes From XML As Comma Separated Values
over-extended
In SQL Server Extended Events for the blocked process report and deadlock XML, it's possible to get multiple SQL Handle values back to identify queries involved in the raised event.
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SQL optimization for XML Path [duplicate]
SELECT distinct STUFF(
(SELECT distinct ',' + hg.CODE
FROM SP_HD hg
Inner join Purchase.SP_DT on GOODS_RECEIPT_ID = hg.ID
WHERE PO_DT_ID = d.PO_DT_ID
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE
)....
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Retrieve execution plan via XML data from sp_WhoIsActive in adhoc process
We have installed a process in which we execute the sp_WhoIsActive procedure every 1 minute. We combine some additional logic into the same job.
Currently the sp_WhoIsActive procedure is run every 4-5 ...
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SQL Server execution XML plan cut off in length
I am running the following standard query to retrieve the XML execution plan for queries that I ran on my SQL Server via command line.
SELECT pl.query_plan FROM sys.dm_exec_cached_plans ep CROSS APPLY ...
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Loading Extended Events ring buffer to SQL table using powershell
I am running a RPC_Completed extended event which outputs to a ring buffer.
While trying to read the data from the ring buffer target data, xQuery is taking too much of time.
The faster route was to ...
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json_modify on condition
As in my previous question, I am working on migrating my XML based procedures to JSON ones. My newest struggle is with json_modify
I'm used to using .modify with XPATH to be able to modify XMLs on the ...
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Enumerating JSON arrays with OPENJSON
I've been working on converting some of my XML based stored procedures to JSON, but I'm running into an issue.
With OPENXML, I had access to mp:id, so when I was parsing an XML, I could access an ...
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Execution time/cost of function in assembly
I have a query calling XmlTransform from Microsoft.MasterDataServices.DataQuality on about 1000 rows or so and it takes 30s to do the whole set (the XSL is in a fixed variable), is there any way to ...
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like in exist() xml mssql
By following question: See if XML element exists at any level in document with a specific value
Is there a possible solution to implement like clause within exist?
For example I have similar structure ...
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Merging two XML variables - please help!
I am using SQL Server Management Studio 17.9.1 with SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2).
There is no table structure to show, just two XML variables that contain XML, as shown below:
DECLARE @A XML = ...
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SQL Error 6304 - XML parsing: An unexpected error has occurred in the XML parser
I'm running SQL Server 2019 and not sure if it's related to this, but on SQL Server 2014 if I create a table as follows
CREATE TABLE MyTable
(
FieldA smallint NOT NULL,
FieldB xml NOT NULL
)
And ...
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Do we have information about duration time of query in actual execution plan?
I am building application in C# which is parsing Actual Execution Plan. I need basic stats like Row count, CPU time, Page Reads etc. All above stats I found in XML of Actual Execution Plan. I can not ...
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SQL Server / XML.query() causes massive memory grant
The following (on my systems, tested on SQL Server 2016 and 2019 std) produces a massive memory grant request (3327 MB)
declare @wibble xml = '<wibble><wobble>1</wobble></wibble&...
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What are the benefits of using XML over CSV files in regards to data dumps? [closed]
Prologue
I've noticed that one benefit of using CSV over XML for data dumps is the fact that fewer disk space is used. See minimal working example below.
Let's suppose we have the following dataset. ...
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Properly pivot an XML column with XQuery
I would like to pivot the attributes and values of an SQL XML column and display it in an ordered columns and rows format.
To get started, this is what the XML column looks like in SQL:
<Model ...
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Msg 6355 "Conversion of one or more characters from XML to target collation impossible" when querying sys.dm_exec_query_plan
I like to find missing indexes on the go, looking at the execution plans!
It can potentially give me an indication where further to look at if I want to improve something that is currently running.
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How can parse column names using ordinal position (not name) from XML data in SQL Server?
I have several hundred tables in a database that have the same structure:
SomeId, Pos, Varying Number of Other Fields
So, for example, one table may look like this:
PersonId, Pos, Hobby, Degree
12345, ...
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How should I deal with sub attributes of xml data when loading onto mysql?
I have some xml files (example below). As you can see in the xml, id 4 has 3 entries for tax. When I load it right now, only the last entry gets inserted into the table.
How can I include all 3 of ...
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Why is SQL doing an index scan and seek with the same XML query structure?
I've set up a test to benchmark xml performance in SQL server.
Test Setup
One Million rows of data
XML defined Column with primary key
A primary XML index
A secondary XML index on the path
XML data ...
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How to open .bin SQL database?
I'm stuck and not sure if somebody had a similar issue.
I have an old database stored as .bin files. It dates back to 2012. I can see an xml catalogue file which indicates to me that it is some kind ...
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sqlserver - Insert from xml generated with `select for xml`
Is there a simple way to create an XML (file, variable, value in column, whatever) with select * from table for xml ... and later automatically insert this data into identical table in different ...
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EAV vs JSON/XML column approach to store complex user form data in a database? [closed]
We are working on an internal tool which will essentially be a complex, power-user oriented form app. It is not a dynamic field app - users can't define their own fields.
Form field types: The form ...
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OPENXML to get content by using element and attribute name
In this SQL Server OPENXML example:
declare @xmldata xml
set @xmldata =
'<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wddxPacket version="1.0">
<data>
<var ...
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Get the last ID from Multiple Stored Procedures Executed
So I have an XML file , to take data from it and insert into tables.
For this I’ve created 3 procedures(INSERTXMLMultipleTables,INSERTXMLNIAC,INSERTNIACFORCOMPONENTS).
The logic of these procedure is ...
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Error converting VARCHAR(MAX) to XML due to "UTF-8" attribute
I need to dig into a logs table with a schema similar to this:
CREATE TABLE t (
id int PRIMARY KEY,
data varchar(max)
);
Column data stores a XML text received from a web service in this format:
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Mix ;WITH NAMESPACES and schema collections?
I'm getting these xml files from a vendor, and it's a wrapper of NITF (news) schema and the http://www.xmlnews.org/namespaces/meta# news metadata schema (from Space 1999!)
Unfortunately, they don't ...
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Can you create a primary xml index in the CREATE TABLE statement (SQL Server)?
I'm creating a temporary table and would like to create a primary and secondary XML index on a contained xml column within the CREATE TABLE statement since that is the only way I can create an index ...
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How to allow for ampersand in XMLtable()?
Starting with this Q&A, note that while this works:
with data as (
select 'Hallöle slovenĈina Hallöle slovenđina' str from dual
)
select a.str, b.str2
from data a, xmltable( '/...
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How to convert xml entities to unicode characters (with read-only access) in Oracle?
I'm connected to an Oracle Database (11g Release 2 - 11.2.0.4), with read-only access.
Into this database, some of the data is uploaded via, or rather as, XML - and quite a few entries contain ...
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How to add Spatial Reference ID 28992 to MSSQL server?
I want to use Spatial Reference ID 28992, as found on EPSG, in MS SQL Server. How can I add this to MS SQL Server?
My end goal is to get this dataset into MS SQL Server, with the Geography Markup ...
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SQL Server Deadlock OPENXML insert
I am running into a deadlock issue when I call a stored procedure in Sql Server 2014 Enterprise Edition. An XML string is passed into the stored procedure and can be called many times in quick ...
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Why does sql server consider a function that extracts a value from an xml parameter non-deterministic?
I want to add a computed field that extracts a value from another xml column.
The function looks like this:
create or alter function extractValue(@val xml) returns varchar(14)
as
begin
return @val....
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does xml element exist, regardless of value?
EDIT: I demonstrated my ignorance by confusing attribute with element, I updated my question. Sorry. To clarify, I'm looking for the existence of the element code in:
<conditionmessage:code>...
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How to load a table using BCP
Context:
I created a dump of a sql table in XML (Including data and schema) using this command from the command prompt.
BCP "SELECT * FROM Database.Schema.TableName FOR XML AUTO, XMLSCHEMA" ...
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How extract cldr timezones from xml file to store in a DB table? [closed]
In our DB, I need each location to be associated with a "timezone".
These timezones are in https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/release-36-1/common/supplemental/metaZones.xml
I want to make a ...
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XQuery in SQL Server to convert XML column data to relational data table
I previously asked a question about an error I was recieving. You don't really need it to understand this question but it's here for reference:
XML/SQL Server 2008 Error: XQuery...Cannot implicitly ...
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