SQL XML How to query specific node

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I'm playing around with SQL and XML. I have a column in our database (properties) where XML is stored.

An example of this XML looks like this:

<root xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://www.xyz.de/activerepository/fileprops">
  <props>
    <prop ns="ARM:" elem="_NoFilter">
      <value xsi:type="xsd:boolean">true</value>
    </prop>
    <prop ns="DAV:" elem="displayname">
      <value xsi:type="xsd:string">Some text in it</value>
    </prop>
    <prop ns="DAV:" elem="getcontenttype">
      <value xsi:type="xsd:string">message/rfc822</value>
    </prop>
    <prop ns="DAV:" elem="creationdate">
      <value xsi:type="xsd:dateTime">2017-01-02T09:38:28.1278078</value>
    </prop>
  </props>
</root>

I've written a query, where I get all props of this XML structure.

;WITH XMLNAMESPACES(DEFAULT 'http://www.xyz.de/activerepository/fileprops')
SELECT 
    cast(properties as xml).query('root/props/prop'),
    *
FROM   tm_cas_files (nolock)
where  id = 'A7ED7D99-8CDB-47F6-8EF5-18E7FCB97F28'

This query works fine, but I get all nodes of the XML structure.

The result of this query looks like this:

<p1:prop xmlns:p1="http://www.xyz.de/activerepository/fileprops" ns="ARM:" elem="_NoFilter">
  <p1:value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="xsd:boolean">true</p1:value>
</p1:prop>
<p2:prop xmlns:p2="http://www.xyz.de/activerepository/fileprops" ns="DAV:" elem="displayname">
  <p2:value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="xsd:string">Some text in it</p2:value>
</p2:prop>
<p3:prop xmlns:p3="http://www.xyz.de/activerepository/fileprops" ns="DAV:" elem="getcontenttype">
  <p3:value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="xsd:string">message/rfc822</p3:value>
</p3:prop>
<p4:prop xmlns:p4="http://www.xyz.de/activerepository/fileprops" ns="DAV:" elem="creationdate">
  <p4:value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="xsd:dateTime">2017-01-02T09:38:28.1278078</p4:value>
</p4:prop>

How can I get now only a specific node of this XML?

I've already tested this query (to get i.e. "_NoFilter" node), but this SQL query returns no / empty result:

;WITH XMLNAMESPACES(DEFAULT 'http://www.xyz.de/activerepository/fileprops')
SELECT 
    cast(properties as xml).query('root/props/prop[elem="_NoFilter"]'),
    *
FROM   tm_cas_files (nolock)
where  id = 'A7ED7D99-8CDB-47F6-8EF5-18E7FCB97F28'

Tomalak · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-03 11:02:17Z

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If you just want the _NoFilter node, you can use XPath to select only this one.

/root/props/prop[@elem="_NoFilter"]

or maybe even

/root/props/prop[@elem="_NoFilter"]/value

shorthand:

//prop[@elem="_NoFilter"]/value

edited Jan 3, 2018 at 11:02

answered Jan 3, 2018 at 10:52

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Eralper · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-03 11:14:31Z

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If you already know the index of the item, one way is

;WITH XMLNAMESPACES(DEFAULT 'http://www.xyz.de/activerepository/fileprops')
SELECT 
    @xml.query('root/props/prop[2]')

Or better you can use following SQL XML Query

;WITH XMLNAMESPACES(DEFAULT 'http://www.xyz.de/activerepository/fileprops')
select
    val.value('.','nvarchar(100)') as [PropValue]
from @xml.nodes('/root/props/prop[@elem="_NoFilter"]/value') as p(val)

edited Jan 3, 2018 at 11:14

answered Jan 3, 2018 at 10:52

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