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davidsalazar01

Posted Monday, February 11, 2013 5:25 PM

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Hello DBA's/Developers,

I'm trying to select XML data from one tag that is stored in an TEXT data type and can't seem to return the data I need.

e.g. XMLProfile_TXT field and tag </DID>.

When I try to use the following TSQL syntax below, I get '0' for every record returned:

select charindex ('</DID>', XMLProfile_TXT) from table_name

Everytime I select all the XML data I can see the data I need in the result set, but I don't want every tag, I just need the one noted above (e.g. </DID>).

Can someone help? I'm sure this is an easy answer. :)

Thanks!

-Dave

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Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:00 AM

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davidsalazar01 (2/11/2013)

Hello and welcome to SSC,

If you could knock up some sample data and DDL scripts, then your expected results based on the sample data provided that would be extremely useful in allowing people to help you.

Have a read through this link --> http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/, if you're unsure how best to lay this information out. Remember that if your sample data and DDL script is readily consumable, then the volunteers for this forum are much more likely to take time out from their work to give you a hand.

Thanks.

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This thread (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1415340-338-1.aspx) might help.

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Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:33 AM

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david the select statement you posted will find where the END tag begins...wouldn't you want the value between the <did> </did> tags?

could the opening <did tag have attributes?

is there more than one <did tag in the xml?

this is how i would do it, using the function DelimitedSplit8K(search SSC for the article)

With table_name (ID,XMLProfile_TXT)
AS
(SELECT 1,'
<div class="MainMenu"
><ul>
<li><did>Home</did></li>
<li><did>Tags</did></li>
<li><did>Articles</did></li>
<li><did>Editorials</did></li>
<li><>Stairways</did></li>
<li><did>Forums</did></li>
<li><did>Scripts</did></li>
<li><did>Videos</did></li>
<li><did>Blogs</did></li>
<li><did>QotD</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem "	href="/Books/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Books">Books</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem "	href="http://ask.sqlservercentral.com"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Ask SSC">Ask SSC</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem "	href="http://jobs.sqlservercentral.com/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: SQL Jobs">SQL Jobs</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem "	href="/Training/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Training">Training</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem "	href="/Authors/Articles/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Authors">Authors</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem  Minor"	href="ssc_showPostsSinceLastVisit()"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Active Threads">Active Threads</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem  Minor"	href="/About/AboutUs/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: About us">About us</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem  Minor"	href="/About/ContactUs/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Contact us">Contact us</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem  Minor"	href="/NewsletterArchive"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Newsletters">Newsletters</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem  Minor"	href="/Contributions/Home"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Write for us">Write for us</did></li>
</ul>
</div>' UNION ALL
SELECT 2, '<li><did>Home</did></li>
<li><did>Tags</did></li>
<li><did>Articles</did></li>
<li><did>Editorials</did></li>
<li><>Stairways</did></li>
<li><did>Forums</did></li>
<li><did>Scripts</did></li>
<li><did>Videos</did></li>
<li><did>Blogs</did></li>
<li><did>QotD</did></li>
<li><did class="track-c'



)
select 
  myfn.*,
  table_name.*,
  REPLACE(myfn.Item,'</did','')
from table_name 
CROSS APPLY dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(XMLProfile_TXT,'>') myfn
Where myfn.Item LIKE '%</did'

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davidsalazar01

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:58 AM

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Lowell,

It's only one occurence (e.g.<DID>) in the XML and your right I only want the data between the tags. Would the samples you posted do the trick? I appreciate your help!

Thanks,

David

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Lowell

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:03 AM

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davidsalazar01 (2/12/2013)

Lowell,

It's only one occurence (e.g.<DID>) in the XML and your right I only want the data between the tags. Would the samples you posted do the trick? I appreciate your help!

Thanks,

David

yes it would do it, and is prepared for the other things i mentioned as well: multiple DID tags, and attributes in the opening <did tag as well.

grab the function from this article, and read the article so you can understand what it does; it's a very powerful tool to put in your toolkit.

Tally OH! An Improved SQL 8K “CSV Splitter” Function

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Cadavre

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:15 AM

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From the sample data provided by Lowell: -

-- SAMPLE DATA
IF object_id('tempdb..#yourTable') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
    DROP TABLE #yourTable;
END;
SELECT id, CAST(XMLProfile_TXT AS XML) AS XMLProfile_TXT
INTO #yourTable
FROM (VALUES(1, '<div class="MainMenu"><ul><li><did>Home</did></li><li><did>Tags</did></li><li><did>Articles</did></li><li><did>Editorials</did></li><li><did>Stairways</did></li>
<li><did>Forums</did></li><li><did>Scripts</did></li><li><did>Videos</did></li><li><did>Blogs</did></li><li><did>QotD</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem "	href="/Books/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Books">Books</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem "	href="http://ask.sqlservercentral.com"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Ask SSC">Ask SSC</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem "	href="http://jobs.sqlservercentral.com/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: SQL Jobs">SQL Jobs</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem "	href="/Training/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Training">Training</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem "	href="/Authors/Articles/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Authors">Authors</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem  Minor"	href="ssc_showPostsSinceLastVisit()"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Active Threads">Active Threads</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem  Minor"	href="/About/AboutUs/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: About us">About us</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem  Minor"	href="/About/ContactUs/"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Contact us">Contact us</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem  Minor"	href="/NewsletterArchive"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Newsletters">Newsletters</did></li>
<li><did class="track-clicks MenuItem  Minor"	href="/Contributions/Home"	data-event-category="MainMenu: Write for us">Write for us</did></li></ul></div>')
      )a(id, XMLProfile_TXT);

This is how I'd do it using XML.

SELECT id, ParamValues.XMLProfile_TXT.value('.','VARCHAR(MAX)') AS did
FROM #yourTable
OUTER APPLY XMLProfile_TXT.nodes('/div/ul/li/did') ParamValues(XMLProfile_TXT);

Returns: -

id          did
----------- ---------------
1           Home
1           Tags
1           Articles
1           Editorials
1           Stairways
1           Forums
1           Scripts
1           Videos
1           Blogs
1           QotD
1           Books
1           Ask SSC
1           SQL Jobs
1           Training
1           Authors
1           Active Threads
1           About us
1           Contact us
1           Newsletters
1           Write for us

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Post #1418952

davidsalazar01

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:01 AM

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Cadavre,

I'm getting the following error when executing the following SQL:

SELECT ParamValues.XMLProfile_TXT.value('.','VARCHAR(MAX)') AS DID
FROM Payment_Method_T (nolock)
OUTER APPLY XMLProfile_TXT.nodes('/div/ul/li/did') ParamValues(XMLProfile_TXT);

Msg 9506, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The XMLDT method 'nodes' can only be invoked on columns of type xml.

Can you let me know what I'm doing wrong? Also, is this whole string required (e.g. '/div/ul/li/did')? I only want /DID tag only. What is the other chars for?

Thanks,
David

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Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:35 AM

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davidsalazar01 (2/12/2013)

I'm getting the following error when executing the following SQL:

SELECT ParamValues.XMLProfile_TXT.value('.','VARCHAR(MAX)') AS DID
FROM Payment_Method_T (nolock)
OUTER APPLY XMLProfile_TXT.nodes('/div/ul/li/did') ParamValues(XMLProfile_TXT);

Msg 9506, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The XMLDT method 'nodes' can only be invoked on columns of type xml.

Can you let me know what I'm doing wrong?

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that you aren't storing it as XML, which is why I asked for DDL scripts in my first post: -

Cadavre (2/12/2013)

If you could knock up some sample data and DDL scripts, then your expected results based on the sample data provided that would be extremely useful in allowing people to help you.

Have a read through this link --> http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/, if you're unsure how best to lay this information out. Remember that if your sample data and DDL script is readily consumable, then the volunteers for this forum are much more likely to take time out from their work to give you a hand.

With that in mind, you could cast it to XML, but since I can no longer be certain that your stored data is correct XML syntax it may throw up errors so will probably be easier to use the splitter as suggested by Lowell.

davidsalazar01 (2/12/2013)

Also, is this whole string required (e.g. '/div/ul/li/did')? I only want /DID tag only. What is the other chars for?

Those other characters are required to show where the "did" tag is in relation to the XML schema. I based that on the sample data provided by Lowell because you didn't provide anything for me to work with.

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