Question

Ok, not sure if this is possible to do..

I have a query that returns just simple records from the database, but formatted out as XML as follows:

select name, address, dateCreated, flag
from table
where name = 'test'
for xml path('row'), root('rows')

ok, no problems, and I get the XML as desired:

<rows>
  <row>
    <name>jddjdjd</name>
    <address>dkdkdkdkdkd</address>
    .. and so on...
  </row>
</rows>

BUT WHAT I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT IS

If I can have the XML return as follows:

<rows>
  <row id='@@rowcount'>
    <name>jddjdjd</name>
    <address>dkdkdkdkdkd</address>
    .. and so on...
  </row>
</rows>

As you can see, I really could do with the node returning with an attribute of say a @@rowcount or even a field from the select statement (not sure if that is possible!!)

Any help much appreciated!!!
David.

Answer 1

You could alias @@rowcount to '@id', like:

declare @t table (name varchar(25))

insert @t (name) values ('jddjdjd')

select  @@rowcount as '@id'
,       name
from    @t
for xml path('row'), root('rows')

This prints:

<rows>
    <row id="1">
        <name>jddjdjd</name>
    </row>
</rows>

However, I’m not sure it’s clearly defined what @@rowcount means at the point where it gets turned into an attribute.