Question

I have the below XML

<myroot>
<scene>
<sceneId>983247</sceneId>
<item>
<coordinates>
<coordinate>0</coordinate>
<coordinate>1</coordinate>
<coordinate>2</coordinate>
<coordinate>3</coordinate>
</coordinates>
<Values>
<Value>34</Value>
<Value>541</Value>
<Value>255</Value>
<Value>332</Value>
</Values>
</item>
</scene>
</myroot>

How can I get using TSQL the following result:

Col1 Col2
0    34    
1    541
2    255
3    332

Thanks,

M

Answer 1

This XPath 2.0 expression:

/myroot/scene/item/
   string-join(for $pos in (0 to max(*/count(*)))
               return string-join(for $col in (1 to max(count(*)))
                                  return if ($pos=0)
                                         then concat('Col',$col)
                                         else *[$col]/*[$pos],
                                  ' '),
               '
')

Output:

Col1 Col2
0 34
1 541
2 255
3 332