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Asked: 2026-06-02T12:50:47+00:00

SELECT @Name = Name FROM Table FOR XML AUTO Does not work, how do

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   SELECT @Name = Name FROM Table FOR XML AUTO

Does not work, how do you get the XML result from using FOR XML into a variable?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This will work:

    SELECT @Name = CONVERT(XML, (
  SELECT Name
  FROM SomeTable
  FOR XML AUTO
));

    You can try it without the wrapping CONVERT(XML, (...)) statement but I’ve found that SQL Server doesn’t like assigning to XML variables without that explicit cast.

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