Where clause on a SQL Server XML column filtering on attribute AND value

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Solution 1

There is no need to extract the value. Use exist() Method (xml Data Type) instead.

select *
from Document
where Metadata.exist('/properties/property[@name="reportId" and . = 55]') = 1

Solution 2

Nevermind, got it. For reference:

select * from Document
where Metadata.value('(/properties/property[@name="reportId"])[1]', 'int') = 55
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Updated on July 09, 2022

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    user1380769 almost 2 years

    I have a 'Metadata' field in table 'Document' that has the following data:

    <properties>
      <property name="someProp">xyz</property>
      <property name="reportId">55</property>
      <property name="someOtherProp">abc</property>
    </properties>'
    

    How can I write a query that returns records where a property element exists with a name of "reportId" and that "reportId" property element has a value of 55? Sometimes the "reportId" property node is the only one that exists, sometimes not, and it's not always in the above order so I can't query on absolute positions. Any ideas?