Search XML with a LIKE or similar full search operation
I want to search an XML valued column to see if a contains a string. I don't know the schema, I want to know if the string is contained anywhere at all. I don't know if XPATH would work in this situation. The equivalent of Select s.Name, ts.ValueXML from table t (nolock) join table2 ts (nolock) on t.key_Id = ts.key_Id join table3 s (nolock) on ts.key_Id=s.key_Id where s.Name like '%Lab%' and ts.ValueXML like '%PreviewDateRange%' ERROR: Argument data type xml is invalid for argument 1 of like function. relevant ts Table columns ValueXml (XML(.), null) The item I'm searching for should be an