T-Sql xml query with namespace

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T-Sql xml query

If I add a namespace to xml data, nothing is returned again.

DECLARE @xVar XML
SET @xVar = 
         


        

Answer 1

Look at WITH XMLNAMESPACES

;WITH XMLNAMESPACES(DEFAULT 'http://ait.com/reportdata')
SELECT [ReportId]= reportdata.item.value('.', 'varchar(40)') 
FROM   @xVar.nodes('/ReportData/ReportId[1]') AS reportdata(item)