Question

I kind of having problems with ExtractValue Function in MySQL.

Here is my sample XML:

<As>
    <A>
        <B>Chan</B>
    </A>
    <A>
        <B>Shey</B>
    </A>
    <A>
        <B>Bob</B>
    </A>
</As>

Here is my current query:

SELECT ExtractValue(@XML, '/As/A/B')

Here is the result:

CHAN SHEY BOB

Here is what i want:

CHAN
SHEY
BOB

Can someone please help me achieve this.. thanks.

Answer 1

This problem was answered here:

Parse an XML string in MySQL

The solution from that article should workd if you change child to “B”:

DECLARE i INT DEFAULT 1;
DECLARE count DEFAULT ExtractValue(xml, 'count(//child)');

WHILE i <= count DO
SELECT ExtractValue(xml, '//child[$i]');
SET i = i+1;
END WHILE