Question

declare @SQL nvarchar(100)
set @SQL = ''

select @SQL = @SQL + FieldName + ' as [' + Description + '], '
from FieldsInfo
where TableName = 'Emp'

set @SQL = 'select '+ left(@SQL, len(@SQL)-1) + ' from Emp FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS, ROOT(''customers'')'

exec sp_executesql @SQL

above is dynamic sql and when it is executed by sp_executesql then i got output as as xml.
if i want to store that xml in a variable. so then what i need to add in my tsql script….please help

Answer 1

For anyone else trying to follow the question, here are some sample tables to use

create table emp (a varchar(10), b int, id int identity)
insert emp select 'abc', 1
insert emp select 'def', 2
create table fieldsinfo (tablename sysname, description sysname, fieldname sysname)
insert fieldsinfo select 'emp', 'field 1', 'a'
insert fieldsinfo select 'emp', 'field 2', 'b'

This script stores the generated XML into the variable @XML (original!)

declare @SQL nvarchar(max)
set @SQL = ''

select @SQL = @SQL + FieldName + ' as [' + Description + '], '
from FieldsInfo
where TableName = 'Emp'

set @SQL = 'set @XML = (select '+ left(@SQL, len(@SQL)-1) + ' from Emp FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS, ROOT(''customers''))'

declare @Xml xml
exec sp_executesql @SQL, N'@XML xml output', @xml output

select 'I have >>> ', @Xml   -- check contents