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read xml from a string

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save it in SQL

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USE Northwind
GO

CREATE TABLE myTable99(fname char(20), lname char(30), phone char(20))
GO


DECLARE @xml varchar(8000), @data varchar(8000), @tag varchar(255), @sql varchar(8000)
, @fname char(20), @lname char(30), @phone char(20)
SET @xml = '<fname>Brett</fname><lname>Kaiser</lname><phone>555-1234</phone>'
SELECT @tag = '', @data = ''

WHILE LEN(@xml) <> LEN(@tag+@data+@tag)+3
  BEGIN
	SELECT @tag=SUBSTRING(@xml,CHARINDEX('<',@xml), CHARINDEX('>',@xml))
	SELECT @data = SUBSTRING(@xml,LEN(@tag)+1,CHARINDEX('<',@xml,LEN(@tag))-LEN(@tag)-1)
	
	     IF @tag = '<fname>'
		SELECT @fname = @data
	ELSE IF @tag = '<lname>'
		SELECT @lname = @data
	ELSE IF @tag = '<phone>'
		SELECT @phone = @data
	
	SELECT @xml = SUBSTRING(@xml,LEN(@tag+@data+@tag)+2,LEN(@xml)-LEN(@tag+@data+@tag)+2)
	
	SELECT @xml,@fname,@data,@tag,LEN(@xml),LEN(@tag+@data+@tag)+2
  END

SELECT @tag=SUBSTRING(@xml,CHARINDEX('<',@xml), CHARINDEX('>',@xml))
SELECT @data = SUBSTRING(@xml,LEN(@tag)+1,CHARINDEX('<',@xml,LEN(@tag))-LEN(@tag)-1)

     IF @tag = '<fname>'
	SELECT @fname = @data
ELSE IF @tag = '<lname>'
	SELECT @lname = @data
ELSE IF @tag = '<phone>'
	SELECT @phone = @data

SELECT @sql = 'INSERT INTO myTable99(fname,lname,phone) '
		+ 'SELECT ''' + RTRIM(@fname) + '''' 
		+ ',' + ''''  + RTRIM(@lname) + '''' 
		+ ',' + ''''  + RTRIM(@phone) + ''''
SELECT @sql

EXEC(@sql)

SELECT * FROM myTable99
GO

DROP TABLE myTable99
GO
 

DECLARE @idoc int
DECLARE @doc varchar(1000)
SET @doc ='
<ROOT>
<Customer CustomerID="VINET" ContactName="Paul Henriot">
   <Order CustomerID="VINET" EmployeeID="5" OrderDate="1996-07-04T00:00:00">
      <OrderDetail OrderID="10248" ProductID="11" Quantity="12"/>
      <OrderDetail OrderID="10248" ProductID="42" Quantity="10"/>
   </Order>
</Customer>
<Customer CustomerID="LILAS" ContactName="Carlos Gonzlez">
   <Order CustomerID="LILAS" EmployeeID="3" OrderDate="1996-08-16T00:00:00">
      <OrderDetail OrderID="10283" ProductID="72" Quantity="3"/>
   </Order>
</Customer>
</ROOT>'
--Create an internal representation of the XML document.
EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @idoc OUTPUT, @doc
-- Execute a SELECT statement that uses the OPENXML rowset provider.
SELECT    *
FROM       OPENXML (@idoc, '/ROOT/Customer',1)
            WITH (CustomerID  varchar(10),
                  ContactName varchar(20))