Storing XML file in SQL Server 2008 R2 express

Question

I am trying to store XML data into a SQL Server 2008 R2 Express database, every xml file has different data. What is the easiest way to do this?

What are the best options please explain with example.

Answer 1

Ok, this is an example for storing the values of the xml into the table instead. I havent't tried this code but it should be working but at least it should clarify how to do as expected.

   /* Imagine your xml looks something like this

    <Content>
        <Title>Text</Title>
        <Value>15</Value>
    </Content>
    */

    CREATE TABLE [dbo].[MyXmlStorage] 
    ( 
        [Id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, 
        [Title] [nvarchar](100) NOT NULL, 
        [Value] int NOT NULL,

        CONSTRAINT [PK_MyXmlStorage] 
        PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED  ([Id] ASC)
    ) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY] 

    CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[InsertXml]
        (@filePathFull nvarchar(255)) 
    AS 
       DECLARE @xmlAsString VARCHAR(MAX) 
       DECLARE @sql nvarchar(max) 
       DECLARE @xml XML 
       DECLARE @Rms_FileId nvarchar(50) 
       DECLARE @Rms_Id nvarchar(50) 
       DECLARE @Rms_Type nvarchar(50) 
       DECLARE @Rms_Timestamp nvarchar(50) 

    BEGIN 
        SET @sql = 'SELECT @xmlAsString = x.y FROM OPENROWSET( BULK ''' + RTRIM(@filePathFull) + ''', SINGLE_CLOB) x(y)' 
        exec sp_executesql @sql,N'@xmlAsString VARCHAR(MAX) OUTPUT',@xmlAsString OUTPUT 

        set @xml = CONVERT(XML,@xmlAsString)  

        /* Use xpath to query nodes for values inside the Content tag*/
        INSERT INTO MyXmlStorage([Title],[Value]) 
        SELECT 
            x.y.value('title[1]/text()[1]', 'nvarchar(100)') AS title,
            x.y.value('value[1]/text()[1]', 'int') AS value
        FROM @xml.nodes('//Content') AS x(y)
    END 
)