OpenXML

Note that to understand OPENXML, familiarity with XPath queries and an understanding of XML is required.

OPENXML can be used to generate an edge table, a table that contains a row for every element in the XML document.

For a complete list of XPath syntax supported by OPENXML, see OPENXML function [String].

Demonstrates how you can use the OpenXML method to open an XML file as a workbook.

OPENXML can be used in SELECT and SELECT INTO statements where a source table or view can be specified.

This directive is useful in fetching overflow, unconsumed, XML data stored in a column by OPENXML.

Because ColPattern overwrites the mapping specified in the flags parameter, the flags parameter is not specified in OPENXML.

OpenXML allows the row and column XPath patterns to be parameterized as variables.

On the Microsoft side, we find an preview release of the Microsoft SDK for Open XML Formats.

In this example, the WITH clause is not specified in the OPENXML statement.

OPENXML uses a subset of the XPath query language to select nodes from an XML document.

Microsoft provides several options for updating a database, including OpenXML, XML Bulk Load, updategrams, and Diffgrams.

When you use OPENXML, the XML document is parsed and the result is modeled as a tree.

Each match for the first xpath-query argument to OPENXML generates one row in the result set.

For information about the syntax of OPENXML, see OPENXML (Transact-SQL).

For more information, see Querying XML Using OPENXML.

If you have a table with a column that contains XML, you can use OPENXML to query all the XML values in the column at once.

The example also shows a SELECT statement with OPENXML that retrieves CustomerID and OrderDate from the XML document.

There is a new system user-defined function that shows which OpenXML handles are open.

In FOR XML and OPENXML, high-range Unicode characters (3 bytes) in names are represented using 6 positions.

Because the WITH clause is not specified, OPENXML returns an edge table.

To write queries by using OPENXML, you must first create an internal representation of the XML document by calling sp_xml_preparedocument.

This handle is then passed to OPENXML.

OpenXMLDeveloper. Org is a free community to discuss and exchange ideas regarding the development of solutions for the Open XML Formats.

When you shred this XML by using OPENXML, you receive the base64 encoded data.

OPENXML is used in the FROM clause of a query to generate a result set from an XML document.

The data returned by OPENXML will be base64 encoded data.

In 2006 . NET 3. 0 was released with rudimentary support for Open XML-style ZIP files.

To write queries against an XML document by using OPENXML, you must first call sp_xml_preparedocument.

Enhancements to the FOR XML clause and OPENXML function introduced in SQL Server 2000.

Using FOR XML and OPENXML to Publish and Process XML Data

Generating a result set using OPENXML

Using the OPENXML function to generate a result set from an XML document

SQL Server provides the following system stored procedures that are used together with OPENXML