Get the names of attributes from an element in a SQL XML column

Question

For this xml (in a SQL 2005 XML column):

 1
 
 

         


        

Answer 1

DECLARE @xml as xml

SET @xml = 
'
 1
 
 
'

SELECT DISTINCT
 CAST(Attribute.Name.query('local-name(.)') AS VARCHAR(100)) Attribute,
 Attribute.Name.value('.','VARCHAR(100)') Value
FROM @xml.nodes('//@*') Attribute(Name)

Returns:

Attribute Value

ba 1

bb 2

bc 3

bd 3