SQL FOR XML - Outputting data as Elements or as Attributes
Use @
to create attributes.
select SerialNo as "@id",
PartNo as "activeState/@partNumber",
convert(varchar(8), getdate(), 112) as "activeState/@shipmentDate"
from Products
where SerialNo = @SerialNo
for xml path('product')
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CJM over 4 years
I'm trying to export some data from a database in a particular XML format specified by the customer. The XML I produce will be manipulated (presumably by XSLT) by a 3rd party to produce the final output, but I want to formal my XML as close as I can to that format.
The customer has requested data on each product like so:
<product id="1234567890123"> <activeState partNumber="A1234567890" shipmentDate="20110518" /> </product>
My existing SQL is:
SELECT SerialNo as id, PartNo as partNumber, CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 112) AS shipmentDate, FROM Products WHERE SerialNo = @SerialNo FOR XML PATH ('product'), TYPE)
...which renders:
<product> <id>100000000458</id> <partNumber>10004905892</partNumber> <shipmentDate>20120312</shipmentDate> </product>
I expect that it is easy enough to manipulate this data in XSLT, but purely as an intellectual exercise, I'd like to see how far I could in SQL. My first ambition was to simply express the id as an attribute of product rather than as a child element. The rendering of the activeState element I was going to leave to the XSLT, but clearly, if I can help them on their way, why not do so...
Any suggestions?