To convert varbinary(max) to xml format

Question

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

Can someone guide me to convert the above varbinary(max) to xml format (decrypt) in sql server 2005?

When I tried cast data as xml I get this error:

XML parsing: line 0, character 0, unrecognized input signature

Solution 1

I know it's been a while since you asked this but I think this is what you're looking for:

 CONVERT(xml,(CONVERT(varbinary(max),ColumnName)))

I'm using this with good results

Solution 2

In SQL Server 2016, We have an option of COMPRESS(...) and DECOMPRESS(...) function to convert XML to varbinary(max) and vice-versa.

Solution 3

Alex is correct. If you write out the binary to file and unzip it it contains a file which is an XML file.

Here's the beginning of it

<Order xmlns="http://saas.bt.com/v5" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <orderHeader>
  <action>modifyCustomer</action> 
  <status>success</status> 
  <orderKey>fc946a7e-a037-4b12-b86c-8347abb4f842</orderKey> 
  <orderId>a7bd98f1-1355-4fb8-8b1b-00000120c0a8</orderId> 
  <serviceProviderId>1</serviceProviderId> 
  <effectiveDateTime>2009-08-31T08:21:12.5520568+01:00</effectiveDateTime> 
  <orderDateTime>2009-08-31T08:21:12.5520568+01:00</orderDateTime> 
 <customer>
  <action>suspend</action> 
  <status>done</status> 
  <customerKey>1322105</customerKey> 
  <customerId /> 
  <customerStatus i:nil="true" /> 
  <contacts /> 
  <companyName /> 
  <tradingName /> 
  <billingAccounts /> 
  <attributes /> 
  </customer>
 <users>
 <user>

What you do with this depends on your needs. For example if you just need this one file you can copy it into the Hex Editor of your choice and save it. Then use a gzip client to decompress it.

If on the other hand you need to migrate the data it will depend on your capabilities and the requirements

Comments

[Malik Aqib]

select CONVERT(xml,(CONVERT(varbinary(max),<ColumnName>))) from <tableName> where <condition>