xml-dml

How can I change: <data> <row> <a>A</a> <a>B</a> <a>C</a> </row> </data> to: <data> <row> <a>Data A</a> <a>Data B</a> <a>Data C</a> </row> </data> in SQL? I've seen lots of examples on how to completely replace a value with a static value, but no examples of replacing the value dynamically. I do not know if it is possible to use the xml in the replace value of statement. But you can do this. declare @xml xml = ' <data> <row> <a>A</a> <a>B</a> <a>C</a> </row> </data>' declare @Val1 varchar(10) declare @Val2 varchar(10) declare @Val3 varchar(10) select @Val1 = 'Data '+r.value('a[1]', 'varchar(1)

I have an @XML document created from a single select statement. <root> <node> <node1> <targetNode> </targetNode> </node1> <node1> <targetNode> </targetNode> </node1> <node1> <targetNode> </targetNode> </node1> </node> <node> ...... </node> </root> I want to insert the xsi:nil as an attribute of 'targetNode' for this document. @XML.modify( 'insert attribute xsi:nil {"true"} into (root/node/node1/targetNode) [1]') The above will insert the attribute into the first occurance of the targetNode in the @XML document. The insert statement however will only work on a single node. Is there any way I

<Component> <Caption>2 7/8" x 1",Drill Collar,2 3/8 PAC</Caption> <Description>2 7/8" x 1",Drill Collar,2 3/8 PAC</Description> <Count>1</Count> <Sections> <Section> <Material>Steel AISI 4145</Material> <Connection>2 3/8 PAC</Connection> <Weight>28.7197</Weight> <Length>0.508</Length> </Section> <Section> <Material>Steel AISI 4145</Material> <Connection>NC50</Connection> <Weight>28.7197</Weight> <Length>0.508</Length> </Section> <Section> <Material>Steel AISI 4145</Material> <Connection>NC36</Connection> <Weight>28.7197</Weight> <Length>0.508</Length> </Section> </Sections> </Component> I have

I have a table called XML (in SQL Server 2008) and it has a field called XmlDocument of type XML . I am trying to to delete an attribute from an XML variable. Here is how my xml looks like <clue_personal_auto xmlns="http://cp.com/rules/client"> <admin> <receipt_date>03/16/2011</receipt_date> <date_request_ordered>03/16/2011</date_request_ordered> <report_usage>Personal</report_usage> </admin> </clue_personal_auto> My query UPDATE XML SET XmlDocument.modify('delete (/clue_personal_auto/@xmlns)[1]') WHERE xmlid = 357 When I run this query in query analyzer I see the message "1 row(s) affected"