I have the following query:
SELECT
101 AS TeacherID
,s.ID
,s.First
,s.Last
FROM dbo.Students s
FOR XML PATH('Student'), ROOT('Students')
which generates output:
<Students>
<Student>
<TeacherID>101</TeacherID>
<ID>14</ID>
<First>Mark</First>
<Last>Smith</Last>
</Student>
<Student>
<TeacherID>101</TeacherID>
<ID>15</ID>
<First>Josephina</First>
<Last>Hewitt</Last>
</Student>
</Students>
I want to break each group into its own rows (into a single XMLFormat column):
AdministratorID AdministratorName XMLFormat
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
125 Bertha <Student><TeacherID>101</TeacherID><ID>14</ID><First>Mark</First><Last>Smith</Last></Student>
125 Bertha <Student><TeacherID>101</TeacherID><ID>15</ID><First>Josephina</First><Last>Hewitt</Last></Student>
I tried using the Table and Column Alias method:
SELECT 125 AS AdministratorID,
'Bertha' AS AdministratorName,
t.c AS XMLFormat
FROM
(
SELECT
101 AS TeacherID
,s.ID
,s.First
,s.Last
FROM dbo.Students s
FOR XML PATH('Student'), ROOT('Students')
) t(c)
but this query generates a single row of data, with the entire XML in the single XMLFormat field.
I thought I may need to use the .nodes() method, but when I add .nodes('/Students/Student') to the t(c) alias, I get 'Incorrect syntax near '.'.
I want to avoid putting the data into an XML variable before using the .nodes() method, because the text could be very long.