Extracting data from xml

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Extracting data from xml

ayemya

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May 22, 2013 at 10:13 am

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I am trying to read data from the following sample XML file. I have tried SSIS XML task to remove namespaces. I had error after I use xml source to read data. It errors SSIS does not support mixed content.
Is there another way to get data from the following xml sample? Thank you.
<CompoundLogData>
<ArrayOfEntry>
<Entry>
<DataType>Session:City</DataType>
<Value type="xsd:string">Glen Allen</Value>
</Entry>
<Entry>
<DataType>Session:State</DataType>
<Value type="xsd:string">VA</Value>
</Entry>
<Entry>
<DataType>Session:ZipCode</DataType>
<Value type="xsd:string">74115</Value>
</Entry>
<Entry>
<DataType>Session:Childrens</DataType>
<Value type="q1:AddEditChildViewModel">
<Child>
<ChildFirstName>ABC</ChildFirstName>
<ChildLastName>TTT</ChildLastName>
<BirthMonth>5</BirthMonth>
<BirthYear>1999</BirthYear>
<MemberId>0004554</MemberId>
<IsRemoved>false</IsRemoved>
<HasFreeMembership>true</HasFreeMembership>
</Child>
</entry>
</CompoundLogData>
</ArrayOfEntry>
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mister.magoo SSC-Forever Points: 47068 More actions · Answer 1

Unfortunately, unless you mangled that XML while posting, you will have to use string processing on that as it is not valid XML.

MM

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ayemya

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May 23, 2013 at 7:00 am

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Scott Coleman One Orange Chip Points: 27452 More actions · Answer 3

After turning your sample into valid XML, I was able to query it with T-SQL

DECLARE @xml XML = '

<CompoundLogData>

<ArrayOfEntry>

<Entry>

<DataType>Session:City</DataType>

<Value type="xsd:string">Glen Allen</Value>

</Entry>

<Entry>

<DataType>Session:State</DataType>

<Value type="xsd:string">VA</Value>

</Entry>

<Entry>

<DataType>Session:ZipCode</DataType>

<Value type="xsd:string">74115</Value>

</Entry>

<Entry>

<DataType>Session:Childrens</DataType>

<Value type="q1:AddEditChildViewModel"/>

<Child>

<ChildFirstName>ABC</ChildFirstName>

<ChildLastName>TTT</ChildLastName>

<BirthMonth>5</BirthMonth>

<BirthYear>1999</BirthYear>

<MemberId>0004554</MemberId>

<IsRemoved>false</IsRemoved>

<HasFreeMembership>true</HasFreeMembership>

</Child>

</Entry>

</ArrayOfEntry>

</CompoundLogData>';

-- Look at the individual "Entry" nodes

SELECTc.query('.')

FROM @xml.nodes('CompoundLogData/ArrayOfEntry/Entry') T(c)

/* Retrieve all columns, based on assumptions about the sample XML

There will be one or more ArrayOfEntry nodes

Only the first Entry node for City, State, and ZipCode will be shown for each ArrayOfEntry

The cardinality of the "Session:Childrens" nodes is not specified, so this assumes it is 0, 1, or many

The Value/@type attributes are not used, assuming they are not necessary

*/

SELECTCity = ArrayOfEntry.value('(Entry[DataType = "Session:City"]/Value)[1]', 'varchar(50)'),

State = ArrayOfEntry.value('(Entry[DataType = "Session:State"]/Value)[1]', 'char(2)'),

ZipCode = ArrayOfEntry.value('(Entry[DataType = "Session:ZipCode"]/Value)[1]', 'varchar(15)'),

c.*

FROM @xml.nodes('CompoundLogData/ArrayOfEntry') T(ArrayOfEntry)

OUTER APPLY (

SELECTChildFirstName = Child.value('ChildFirstName[1]', 'varchar(50)'),

ChildLastName = Child.value('ChildLastName[1]', 'varchar(50)'),

BirthMonth = Child.value('BirthMonth[1]', 'tinyint'),

BirthYear = Child.value('BirthYear[1]', 'smallint'),

MemberId = Child.value('MemberId[1]', 'varchar(50)'),

IsRemoved = Child.value('IsRemoved[1]', 'bit'),

HasFreeMembership = Child.value('HasFreeMembership[1]', 'bit')

FROMArrayOfEntry.nodes('(Entry[DataType = "Session:Childrens"]/Child)') p2(Child)

) c