Question

I have the below Query that returns the information that I need, but I need to use this query In a Scalar Valued function to use the returned values in a computed column.

The XML Column is in the same table and I need to insert the values from Settings into a column named Directions

;WITH XMLNAMESPACES ( 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' AS als )
SELECT
 a.a.value('@Settings', 'VARCHAR(50)') AS [Settings]

FROM Base AS X
    CROSS APPLY X.BaseXML.nodes('als:Name') a(a)

The Function I was trying, but not getting anywhere was

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[ChooseRevision](@lineId int) Returns integer As
Begin
Return (WITH XMLNAMESPACES ( 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' AS als )
SELECT
 a.a.value('@Settings', 'VARCHAR(50)') AS [Settings]

FROM Base AS X
    CROSS APPLY X.BaseXML.nodes('als:Name') a(a)
Where LineId = @lideid
)
End

GO

How would you include the query inside a scarlar function to use as a computed column?

<als:Doc xmlns:als="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" SchemaVersion="0.1" Settings="First Test" Title="Recovery Loop">
  <als:Base Rev="0" Id="201" />
  <als:Number TimeStamp="2013-01-21T15:08:00">
    <als:Member Name="Club Run" DirId="123" />
  </als:Number>
  </als:Doc>

Answer 1

Assuming there is only one als:Name node per XML value you can write this:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[ChooseRevision](@lineId int) 
RETURNS VARCHAR(50) 
AS
BEGIN
  DECLARE @r VARCHAR(50);
  WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' AS als)
  SELECT
   @r = BaseXML.value('als:Doc[1]/@Settings', 'VARCHAR(50)') 
  FROM Base
  WHERE LineId = @lineId;
  RETURN @r;
END

If you are planning to use this function within the dbo.Base table itself, you should use this version instead:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[ChooseRevision](@xml XML) 
RETURNS VARCHAR(50) 
AS
BEGIN
  DECLARE @r VARCHAR(50);
  WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' AS als)
  SELECT @r = @xml.value('als:Doc[1]/@Settings', 'VARCHAR(50)') 
  RETURN @r;
END