sp_xml_removedocument

  • The value returned from executing the system stored procedure "sp_xml_removedocument" is 1 indicating an error has occured. The code closely follows examples in BOL and elsewhere. "sp_xml_removedocument" should return 0 just as "sp_xml_preparedocument" does.

    If an error has occured then the XML document could still be residing in memory!

    The following T-SQL code example illustrates the problem I'm having. I run this code in the query analyzer. I've also compiled it into a stored procedure and received the same result output (i.e. 1). I'm using SQL Server 2000(sp2) on Win2K(sp2).

    DECLARE @hdoc int, @return int, @doc varchar(1000), @xmlPath varchar(15)

    SET @doc = '

    <?xml version="1.0"?>

    <root>

    <city>lansing</city>

    <cntyCode>033</cntyCode>

    <output>xml</output>

    <rowsToReturn>100</rowsToReturn>

    <siteCode>PARMA</siteCode>

    </root>'

    SET @xmlPath = '/root'

    -- load to memory

    EXEC @return = sp_xml_preparedocument @hdoc OUTPUT, @doc

    PRINT 'Prepare = ' + CAST(@return AS varchar)

    -- select all

    SELECT *

    FROM OPENXML(@hdoc, @xmlPath, 1)

    -- remove from memory

    EXEC @return = sp_xml_removedocument @hdoc

    PRINT 'Remove = ' + CAST(@return AS varchar)

    go

  • Just tried it and I get a 1 also as the result code from the removal.

    I suspect this is a bug, but I will have to check.

    BTW, I assume you mean SQL, SP1

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

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