The argument 1 of the XML data type method “value” must be a string literal

Question

How to change my T-SQL query so that this error doesn\'t occur:

\'The argument 1 of the XML data type method \"value\" must be a string literal.\'

Answer 1

You must use sql variable implicitly:

Declare @Count Int = 1
While(@count <= @j)
Begin
insert into mytable
([Word])
Select ([XmlColumn].value('(/word[sql:variable("@Count")]/@Entry)[1]','nvarchar(max)'))
    from OtherTable WHERE ID=2