I'm new at creating an XML file using SQL server. I have 2 tables; 1 for people and the other with default settings for them.
Person table:
ABC
DEF
Settings table:
Code name value
-----------------------------------------
Hair Hair color Brown
Hair Texture Curly
Shoes Shoe size 6
Shoes Shoe color White
How can I create an name value pair that looks like this? When I try to get the settings, I received an error about multiple records:
<PersonData>
<Person>ABC</Person>
<DefaultSettings>
<Code>Hair</Code>
<settings>
<name>Hair color</name>
<value>Brown</value>
</settings>
<settings>
<name>Texture</name>
<value>Curly</value>
</settings>
<Code>Shoes</Code>
<settings>
<name>Shoe size</name>
<value>6</value>
</settings>
<settings>
<name>Shoe color</name>
<value>White</value>
</settings>
</DefaultSettings>
</Person>
<Person>DEF</Person>
<DefaultSettings>
<Code>Hair</Code>
<settings>
<name>Hair color</name>
<value>Brown</value>
</settings>
<settings>
<name>Texture</name>
<value>Curly</value>
</settings>
<Code>Shoes</Code>
<settings>
<name>Shoe size</name>
<value>6</value>
</settings>
<settings>
<name>Shoe color</name>
<value>White</value>
</settings>
</DefaultSettings>
</Person>
</PersonData>
As told in my comment your given XML is not valid. The following query comes close to the output you requested. Hoping, that my magic glass bulb is still working:
DECLARE @personTable TABLE(ID INT IDENTITY, Name VARCHAR(100));
INSERT INTO @personTable VALUES
('ABC'),('DEF');
DECLARE @defaultSettings TABLE(Code VARCHAR(100),name VARCHAR(100),value VARCHAR(100));
INSERT INTO @defaultSettings VALUES
('Hair','Hair color','Brown')
,('Hair','Texture','Curly')
,('Shoes','Shoe size','6')
,('Shoes','Shoe color','White');
SELECT pd.ID AS [Person/@id]
,pd.Name AS [Person/@name]
,(
SELECT ds.Code
,(
SELECT ds2.name
,ds2.value
FROM @defaultSettings AS ds2
WHERE ds.Code=ds2.Code
FOR XML PATH('settings'),TYPE
)
FROM @defaultSettings AS ds
GROUP BY ds.Code
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE
) AS [Person/DefaultSettings]
FROM @personTable AS pd
FOR XML PATH(''),ROOT ('PersonData')
The result
<PersonData>
<Person id="1" name="ABC">
<DefaultSettings>
<Code>Hair</Code>
<settings>
<name>Hair color</name>
<value>Brown</value>
</settings>
<settings>
<name>Texture</name>
<value>Curly</value>
</settings>
<Code>Shoes</Code>
<settings>
<name>Shoe size</name>
<value>6</value>
</settings>
<settings>
<name>Shoe color</name>
<value>White</value>
</settings>
</DefaultSettings>
</Person>
<Person id="2" name="DEF">
<DefaultSettings>
<Code>Hair</Code>
<settings>
<name>Hair color</name>
<value>Brown</value>
</settings>
<settings>
<name>Texture</name>
<value>Curly</value>
</settings>
<Code>Shoes</Code>
<settings>
<name>Shoe size</name>
<value>6</value>
</settings>
<settings>
<name>Shoe color</name>
<value>White</value>
</settings>
</DefaultSettings>
</Person>
</PersonData>