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davidsalazar01

Posted Tuesday, September 07, 2010 4:19 PM

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Hi John,

I believe the output is fine from what I can tell as long as I can select all the elements from all the XML docs. Let me know if this will work based on the sample XML docs I've attached herein. In the sample docs I have selected the 1st row in the AmendBarsetFlightHistory table and displayed the XML document data that were in the columns (XMLBeforeAction and XMLAfterAction) as a reference of what I would like to select from this table. Let me know if this helps.

Thanks!

David

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XMLBeforeAction column - 1st record.docx (23 views, 19.40 KB)

XMLAfterAction column - 1st record.docx (5 views, 19.34 KB)

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Posted Tuesday, September 07, 2010 4:43 PM

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@John:
Since David addressing his issues implicit to your attention ignoring other posts, I leave this thread in your hands.

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Posted Tuesday, September 07, 2010 9:31 PM

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@LutzM:

The reply was actually directed to both you and John but I forgot to include your name on the posting as I was hurried to try to attach the XML docs and head out for the day to pick up my son from school. Please feel free to provide any more input and give any other suggestions as I'm really trying to get this resolved ASAP.

Thanks guys! BigGrin

-David

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John Rowan

Posted Wednesday, September 08, 2010 8:44 AM

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Lutz, I agree...please stay on. I know that you have ample XML experience and could add value to this thread. Thus far, I've been poking around to try to get an idea of what David really wants to see for output. From one of your previous posts, I think you are correct in thinking that David wants to combine the results from both colujmns (which could contain different elements).

David,

Big question here. You've shown us 1 row from your table, but I've yet to see an example of how you want your result set to look like. Based on the sample data that you've now given us, can you show us what the results should look like. Specifically, please combine the sample data that you've shown us into one result set and post that as an example of what you want your query to return. Telling us is not the same as showing us. Too much gets lost in the interpretation of the problem; whereas, a sample result set speaks for itself and we can more redily give you help.

If needed, please read the article in the link from my signature line. It talks about properly setting up sample tables/data/results to get better/faster help.

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davidsalazar01

Posted Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:00 AM

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Lutz/John,

I've sent out a communication to the developer that requested this query to see if he can explain what needs to be shown in the result set. I'm awaiting a response. In the meantime I've attached the spec they sent me to get an idea of what they're trying to retrieve in the output to present in a Crystal report.

Thanks guys!

-David

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Amend EPOS Flight Details Report Spec.xlsx (10 views, 338.80 KB)

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maciej_p

Posted Friday, December 03, 2010 8:26 AM

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Hey! Not sure if you still care, or if this is what you are looking for, but here it is anyway :)
This assumes you know the root element name. You can store output in temp tables or table variables and process it any way you want.

DECLARE @idoc INT
DECLARE @exml XML
DECLARE @Root VARCHAR(64)

SET @Root = '/YourRootName'
SELECT @exml = [YourXMLColumn] FROM YourTable

EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @idoc OUTPUT, @exml

select
columnNames.id,
columnNames.localname AS ELEMENT,
columnValue.text AS VALUE
FROM OPENXML (@idoc, @Root) columnNames
cross apply (select text FROM OPENXML (@idoc, @Root)
where nodetype = 3 AND parentid = columnNames.id) columnValue
where columnNames.nodetype <> 3 and columnNames.localname not in ('xsi','xsd')

Exec sp_xml_removedocument @idoc

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Posted Friday, December 03, 2010 9:54 AM

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Thanks for the reply. I used a another nasty SQL script to get the data I needed parsed from the XML docs that were stored in the table into another table so they could report on it. I appreciate your response.

I've attached the "ParseEPOSFlightDetail.txt" file for your review.

-David BigGrin

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