Need converting a table to XML

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Need converting a table to XML

stephenmbell

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November 7, 2012 at 11:42 am

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I am very far from an expert when it comes to working with xml - but I have some exposure to it. I was recently given a project to take some data we have in a spreadsheet, get it into SQL server, create a new table for it (as per our new vendors spec) and export it do a certain format XML. So I am at a point now where I have all of the data in the database, moved into the new table. I am struggling getting it into the proper XML format.
Our vendor gave us an xml format to get the data into but I just cannot seem to get it to work.
In the xml spec that I have I see - urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset - and I did a little bit of digging on this. I can use the "FOR XML AUTO TYPE(urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset)" to put it in this type - but the data doesn't look how the the company is expecting it.
I even tried to create a new xml schema using the xml file that was provided to me but I couldn't get this to work either. I am sure this is because of me and nothing else.
How should I go about accomplishing this?
Thanks in advance
sb

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 1

stephenmbell (11/7/2012)
I am very far from an expert when it comes to working with xml - but I have some exposure to it. I was recently given a project to take some data we have in a spreadsheet, get it into SQL server, create a new table for it (as per our new vendors spec) and export it do a certain format XML. So I am at a point now where I have all of the data in the database, moved into the new table. I am struggling getting it into the proper XML format.
Our vendor gave us an xml format to get the data into but I just cannot seem to get it to work.
In the xml spec that I have I see - urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset - and I did a little bit of digging on this. I can use the "FOR XML AUTO TYPE(urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset)" to put it in this type - but the data doesn't look how the the company is expecting it.
I even tried to create a new xml schema using the xml file that was provided to me but I couldn't get this to work either. I am sure this is because of me and nothing else.
How should I go about accomplishing this?
Thanks in advance
sb

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stephenmbell SSC Eights! Points: 926 More actions · Answer 2

My apologies:

Here is the table that I have created, and I have populated with data--

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[MyTable](

[Candidate First Name] [nvarchar](50) NULL,

[Candidate Middle Name] [nvarchar](25) NULL,

[Candidate Last Name] [nvarchar](50) NULL,

[Candidate Name Prefix] [nvarchar](50) NULL,

[Candidate Name Suffix] [nvarchar](50) NULL,

[Candidate Email] [nvarchar](100) NOT NULL,

[Candidate Address Line 1] [nvarchar](50) NULL,

[Candidate Address Line 2] [nvarchar](50) NULL,

[Candidate City] [nvarchar](50) NULL,

[Candidate State/Province/Region] [nvarchar](100) NOT NULL,

[Candidate Postal Code] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,

[Candidate Country] [nvarchar](5) NOT NULL,

[Candidate Primary Phone] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,

[Candidate Secondary Phone] [nvarchar](50) NULL,

[Primary Contact Method] [int] NULL,

[Enter Date] [datetime] NULL,

[Original Source] [nvarchar](100) NULL,

[Desired Career Level] [int] NULL,

[Professional Certifications] [nvarchar](200) NULL,

[Candidate's Work Authorization] [nvarchar](3) NULL,

[Collegiate Majors] [nvarchar](50) NULL,

[Current Job Type] [int] NULL,

[Date Available] [datetime] NULL,

[Degree Level] [int] NULL,

[Desired Job Type] [int] NULL,

[Candidate's Disposition] [nvarchar](100) NULL,

[Password] [nvarchar](60) NULL,

[Willing to Relocate?] [nvarchar](10) NULL,

[Relocation Preferences] [nvarchar](255) NULL,

[Resume Body] [text] NULL,

[Salary Requirement] [nvarchar](255) NULL,

[Security Clearance?] [bit] NULL,

[Skill Set] [nvarchar](100) NULL,

[Contact Notes] [nvarchar](500) NULL,

[Comment] [nvarchar](500) NULL,

[Additional Countries] [nvarchar](75) NULL,

[Years of Experience] [int] NULL,

[Veteran Status] [varchar](75) NULL,

[Ethnicity Code] [int] NULL,

[Gender] [varchar](3) NULL,

[Disabled Status] [varchar](3) NULL,

[Job ID] [int] NULL,

[Stage Seq No] [int] NULL,

[Contact Info Custom Field 1 - 10] [varchar](500) NULL,

[Resume Custom Field 1- 10] [varchar](500) NULL

) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]

And the xml file that they sent me is:

<xml version="1.0" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882"

xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882"

xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset"

xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema">

<s:Schema id="RowsetSchema">

<s:ElementType name="row" content="eltOnly" rs:updatable="true">

<s:AttributeType name="action" rs:number="3" rs:nullable="true" rs:writeunknown="true" rs:basecatalog="Openhire"

rs:basetable="candidates" rs:basecolumn="action">

<s:datatype dt:type="ui1" dt:maxLength="1" rs:precision="3" rs:fixedlength="true"/>

</s:AttributeType>

<s:AttributeType name="column1" rs:number="4" rs:nullable="true" rs:writeunknown="true" rs:basecatalog="Openhire"

rs:basetable="candidates" rs:basecolumn="column1">

<s:datatype dt:type="string" rs:dbtype="str" dt:maxLength="100"/>

</s:AttributeType>

<s:AttributeType name="column2" rs:number="5" rs:nullable="true" rs:writeunknown="true" rs:basecatalog="Openhire"

rs:basetable="candidates" rs:basecolumn="column2">