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Asked: 2026-06-18T01:36:51+00:00

I have a table! CREATE TABLE [dbo].[XmlTable]( [XmlId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [XmlDocument] [xml]

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I have a table!

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[XmlTable](
    [XmlId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
    [XmlDocument] [xml] NOT NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_XmlTable] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED 
(
    [XmlId] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]


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With a schema structure: stored in the xml column

    <dev:Doc xmlns:dev="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" SchemaVersion="0.1" Settings="Testing" Title="Ordering">
  <dev:Base RevisionNumber="0" Baseid="34433" />
  <dev:Rev Time="2013-01-21T15:08:00">
    <dev:Person Name="Me" Systemid="54654" />
  </dev:Rev>
  <dev:Functions Id="A1">
    <dev:A1 Number="1">
      <dev:Codes>D</dev:Codes>
      <dev:Required>true</dev:Required>
      <dev:Informational>false</dev:Informational>
      <dev:Visitors>
        <dev:Visitor Name="Dev01" Location="STLRF">
          <dev:Divisions>
            <dev:Division Number="1" Name="TFR3" Usage="Monitor">
              <dev:Description>Development Fundamentals</dev:Description>
            </dev:Division>
            <dev:Division Number="2" Name="DEF32" Usage="Monitor">
              <dev:Description>Testing Fundamentals</dev:Description>
            </dev:Division>
            <dev:Division Number="3" Name="DEP13" Usage="None">
              <dev:Description>Guided Fundamentals</dev:Description>
            </dev:Division>
          </dev:Divisions>
        </dev:Visitor>
        <dev:Visitor Name="Dev02" Location="STLRF">
          <dev:Divisions>
            <dev:Division Number="1" Name="TFR3" Usage="Monitor">
              <dev:Description>Development Fundamentals</dev:Description>
            </dev:Division>
            <dev:Division Number="2" Name="DEF32" Usage="Monitor">
              <dev:Description>Testing Fundamentals</dev:Description>
            </dev:Division>
            <dev:Division Number="3" Name="DEP13" Usage="None">
              <dev:Description>Guided Fundamentals</dev:Description>
            </dev:Division>
          </dev:Divisions>
        </dev:Visitor>
        <dev:Visitor Name="Dev03" Location="FGRTY">
          <dev:Divisions>
            <dev:Division Number="1" Name="TFR3" Usage="Monitor">
              <dev:Description>Development Fundamentals</dev:Description>
            </dev:Division>
            <dev:Division Number="2" Name="DEF32" Usage="Monitor">
              <dev:Description>Testing Fundamentals</dev:Description>
            </dev:Division>
            <dev:Division Number="3" Name="DEP13" Usage="None">
              <dev:Description>Guided Fundamentals</dev:Description>
            </dev:Division>
          </dev:Divisions>
        </dev:Visitor>
      </dev:Visitors>
      <dev:Senders>
        <dev:Sender Name="FGY(14A)" />
      </dev:Senders>
    </dev:A1>
  </dev:Functions>
  <dev:Functions Id="A2">
    <dev:A2 Number="1">
      <dev:Codes>C</dev:Codes>
      <dev:Required>true</dev:Required>
      <dev:Informational>false</dev:Informational>
      <dev:Remarks>Support</dev:Remarks>
      <dev:Notes>Ready</dev:Notes>
      <dev:Visitors>
        <dev:Visitor Name="GHFF">
          <dev:Divisions>
            <dev:Division Number="0" Name="Trial" Usage="None">
              <dev:FromLocation>LOPO</dev:FromLocation>
              <dev:ToLocation>RDSS</dev:ToLocation>
              <dev:Description>Rich Filter</dev:Description>
            </dev:Division>
          </dev:Divisions>
        </dev:Visitor>
      </dev:Visitors>
      <dev:Senders>
        <dev:Sender Name="W33R" />
      </dev:Senders>
      <dev:IsReady>true</dev:IsReady>
      <dev:IsCall>false</dev:IsCall>
    </dev:A2>
    <dev:A2 Number="2">
      <dev:Codes>A</dev:Codes>
      <dev:Required>true</dev:Required>
      <dev:Informational>false</dev:Informational>
      <dev:Remarks>Loader Ready</dev:Remarks>
      <dev:Notes>Ready</dev:Notes>
      <dev:Visitors>
        <dev:Visitor Name="UDT">
          <dev:Divisions>
            <dev:Division Number="0" Name="Trial" Usage="None">
              <dev:FromLocation>TYUJ</dev:FromLocation>
              <dev:ToLocation>DETF</dev:ToLocation>
              <dev:Description>Web Enhance</dev:Description>
            </dev:Division>
          </dev:Divisions>
        </dev:Visitor>
      </dev:Visitors>
      <dev:Senders>
        <dev:Sender Name="RJ4" />
      </dev:Senders>
      <dev:IsReady>true</dev:IsReady>
      <dev:IsCall>false</dev:IsCall>
    </dev:A2>
  </dev:Functions>
</dev:Doc>

I am trying to return the Revision Number, Functions id, number, Visitor, location of the visitors, Sender name,

Something like:

RevNumber Function Id  Number  Visitor Location Sender
========= =========== ======== ======= ======== ======
  0          A1          1      Dev01   STLRF   FGY(14A)
  0          A1          1      Dev02   STLRF   FGY(14A)
  0          A1          1      Dev03   FGRTY   FGY(14A)
  0          A2          1      GHFF    NULL    W33R
  0          A2          2      UDT     NULL    RJ4

Here is my insert into the table

INSERT INTO XmlTable(XMLDocument)
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(
   BULK 'C:\Users\123\Desktop\Practice.xml',
   SINGLE_BLOB) AS x;

I have used the query, and values method to pull back a partial list but now i am stuck. I appreciate any help. Thanks!

Here is the query

;WITH XMLNAMESPACES ( DEFAULT 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' )
SELECT  Visitor.query('.') AS XmlFragment,
        Visitor.value('@Name', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)') AS VisitorName,
        Visitor.value('@Location', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)') AS Location
FROM    XMLTable 
        CROSS APPLY XmlDocument.nodes('/Doc/Functions/A1/Visitors/Visitor') XD ( Visitor );
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  1. Editorial Team

    You’re on the right track – you just need to add a second CROSS APPLY to get at the list of nodes inside the <Visitor> XML node:

    ;WITH XMLNAMESPACES ( DEFAULT 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' )
SELECT  
    Divisions.value('@Number', 'INT'),
    Divisions.value('@Name', 'VARCHAR(50)'),
    Divisions.value('@Usage', 'VARCHAR(100)'),
    Visitor.value('@Name', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)') AS VisitorName,
    Visitor.value('@Location', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)') AS Location
FROM
    @XmlTable
CROSS APPLY 
    XmlDocument.nodes('/Doc/Functions/A1/Visitors/Visitor') AS XD(Visitor)
CROSS APPLY 
    Visitor.nodes('Divisions/Division') AS XD2(Divisions)

    Returns an output like:

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