Question

Could any one help me to convert the below data to table format.

<people>      
    <person>         
        <name>John Doe</name>     
        <age>21</age>         
    </person>        
    <person>             
        <name>Jane Smith</name>             
        <age>24</age>        
        </person>    
</people> 

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Here is how you can get the data from the XML. You can use the query as a source for the insert statement to a table.

declare @xml xml = 
'<people>      
    <person>         
        <name>John Doe</name>     
        <age>21</age>         
    </person>        
    <person>             
        <name>Jane Smith</name>             
        <age>24</age>        
    </person>    
</people>'

select T.X.value('name[1]', 'varchar(50)') as Name,
       T.X.value('age[1]', 'int') as Age      
from @xml.nodes('/people/person') as T(X)

Result:

Name                                               Age
-------------------------------------------------- -----------
John Doe                                           21
Jane Smith                                         24