Converting XML Attribute to Element

Question

In my incoming third-party XML, how do I change the Attribute to be an element?

That way, instead of reading this:

<ROW TBL="ACCTDIRECTORY">
    <CONTACTTYPE V="SERVICE_ADDRESS"/>
    <ADDRESS1 V="4320 Acme Rd"/>
    <CITY V="FunTown"/>
    <STATE V="FL"/>
    <ZIP V="33333"/>
</ROW>

it will be readable as this:

<ROW TBL="ACCTDIRECTORY">
    <CONTACTTYPE>SERVICE_ADDRESS<CONTACTTYPE/>
    <ADDRESS1>4320 Acme Rd<ADDRESS1/>
    <CITY>FunTown<CITY/>
    <STATE>FL<STATE/>
    <ZIP>33333<ZIP/>
</ROW>

I saw snippets about how to use XSLT to do this kind of work. Is it possible to do this using SSIS?

Answer 1

Something like the following would work in SQL Server, but I don't think it is the right tool for the job. An XSLT would probably be much better but, since this is a SQL Server Q&A board, let's go with that:

DECLARE @xml XML = '
    <ROWS>
        <ROW TBL="ACCTDIRECTORY">
            <CONTACTTYPE V="1SERVICE_ADDRESS"/>
            <ADDRESS1 V="4320 Acme Rd"/>
            <CITY V="FunTown"/>
            <STATE V="FL"/>
            <ZIP V="33333"/>
        </ROW>
        <ROW TBL="ACCTDIRECTORY">
            <CONTACTTYPE V="2SERVICE_ADDRESS"/>
            <ADDRESS1 V="4322 Acme Rd"/>
            <CITY V="FunGown"/>
            <STATE V="FI"/>
            <ZIP V="33433"/>
        </ROW>
    </ROWS>
'

SELECT 
    CONTACTTYPE = ROW.x.value('./CONTACTTYPE[1]/@V', 'nvarchar(max)'),
    ADDRESS1 = ROW.x.value('./ADDRESS1[1]/@V', 'nvarchar(max)'),
    CITY = ROW.x.value('./CITY[1]/@V', 'nvarchar(max)'),
    STATE = ROW.x.value('./STATE[1]/@V', 'nvarchar(max)'),
    ZIP = ROW.x.value('./ZIP[1]/@V', 'nvarchar(max)')
FROM @xml.nodes('//ROW') ROW(x)
FOR XML PATH('ROW'), ELEMENTS, ROOT('ROWS')

As for SSIS, you can do pretty much anything with a .NET Script Task...

Answer 2

0

I used XSLT and solved this problem

answered Sep 01 '11 at 02:05 PM

Raj More
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