Get followin sibling in SQL Server XPath

Question

Since SQL Server does not support following-sibling axis - what is the best way to get it? Let\'s say I have XML like this and I would like to get the first \'b\' node after a n

Answer 1

You could try something like this.

declare @X xml = '

    cat
    Cats don''t like milk
    dog
    not this
    Dogs like everything
    and not this
'

select @X.query('(/root/b[. >> (/root/a[. = "dog"])[1]])[1]')