Manipulating Xml using Sql Server

Hi.
I need some help please...
There is a field, type text, in a table, that conatins xml
document.
Is it possible, using sql server to do the following?
1. Get the Xml from that field
2. Search the xml for a specific element ( by using its
name )
3. Search in this element, a certain attribute.
4. If the attribute exists, modify its value.
5. Save it bacl to the table
I guess that I am looking for some kind of an XML DOM
inside Sql server.
Is it possible?
Thanks a lot
RoyAt the server level SQL provides very limited support for manipulating the
XML DOM.
A better option is to use client side libraries like SQLXML to manipulate
DOM objects.
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"Roy" <roy@.smsolutions.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Hi.
> I need some help please...
> There is a field, type text, in a table, that conatins xml
> document.
> Is it possible, using sql server to do the following?
> 1. Get the Xml from that field
> 2. Search the xml for a specific element ( by using its
> name )
> 3. Search in this element, a certain attribute.
> 4. If the attribute exists, modify its value.
> 5. Save it bacl to the table
> I guess that I am looking for some kind of an XML DOM
> inside Sql server.
>
> Is it possible?
> Thanks a lot
> Roy
>|||"Roy" <roy@.smsolutions.co.nz> wrote in message
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Roy, you can use sp_OA procs to instantie XML Dom object. The basic idea is
to create stored proc that receives xml data through text type input
parameter. now you can (using sp_OA) create xmldocument object and work with
it. It's complicated, and i'm not sure if this is the best way to do it (or
even recomended), but you can do it this way.
Regards,
Tomislav Kralj
MCSD/.NET, MCDBA
tomislav.kralj1@.zg.tel.hr