Unable to cast TEXT to XML in SQL Server

Question

Basically I have a column named XML that is of type TEXT; this cannot be changed for other reason, but I was wondering how I could cast it to XML.<

Answer 1

Have you tried CONVERT instead of CAST?

SELECT CONVERT(XML, @xml).value('(/Record/UserGuid)[1]', 'NVARCHAR(max)')
from tbl_Module_RequestForms_Items

Also, check out the "xml styles" section of this page; it contains some options you have when converting xml:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187928.aspx