Question

I am wondering how to obtain the following from a query using xml on sql server 2008.

I need:

1. The XML Version
2. The xmlns
3. And one parent node called "Brand" containing many child nodes called "Name"

Also I tried …For XML Auto but that give me the node

<Brands Name="nameofBrand">

Instead I need

<Brand><Name>nameofbrand</Name></Brand>

EDIT:

The query is quite simple for now….

Select Distinct
    Name
From
    Brands
For XML AUTO

Answer 1

Here is a query that gets a name list in brands node. I do not understand what you want to do with version or xmlns.

select (
  select distinct Name
  from YourTable for xml path(''), type)
for xml path('Brands')