XPath to fetch SQL XML value

Question

Here is my problem: from the following XML that is within a column, I want to know if the value of a variable with the name \'Enabled\' is equal to \'Yes\' given a step Id a

Answer 1

I think the xpath query you want goes something like this:

/xml/box[@stepId="$stepId"]/components/component[@id="$componentId"]/variables/variable[@nom="Enabled" and @valeur="Yes"]

This should get you the variables that are named "Enabled" with a value of "Yes" for the specified $stepId and $componentId. This is assuming that your xml starts with an tag like you show, and not

If the SQL Server 2005 XPath stuff is pretty straightforward (I've never used it), then the above query should work. Otherwise, someone else may have to help you with that.