Create tables for later population using OPENXML.
CREATE TABLE Customers (CustomerID varchar(20) primary key,
ContactName varchar(20),
CompanyName varchar(20));
GO
CREATE TABLE Orders( CustomerID varchar(20), OrderDate datetime);
GO
DECLARE @docHandle int;
DECLARE @xmlDocument nvarchar(max); -- or xml type
SET @xmlDocument = N'<ROOT>
<Customers CustomerID="XYZAA" ContactName="Joe" CompanyName="Company1">
<Orders CustomerID="XYZAA" OrderDate="2000-08-25T00:00:00"/>
<Orders CustomerID="XYZAA" OrderDate="2000-10-03T00:00:00"/>
</Customers>
<Customers CustomerID="XYZBB" ContactName="Steve"
CompanyName="Company2">No Orders yet!
</Customers>
</ROOT>';
EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @docHandle OUTPUT, @xmlDocument;
-- Use OPENXML to provide rowset consisting of customer data.
INSERT Customers
SELECT *
FROM OPENXML(@docHandle, N'/ROOT/Customers')
WITH Customers;
-- Use OPENXML to provide rowset consisting of order data.
INSERT Orders
SELECT *
FROM OPENXML(@docHandle, N'//Orders')
WITH Orders;
-- Using OPENXML in a SELECT statement.
SELECT * FROM OPENXML(@docHandle, N'/ROOT/Customers/Orders')
WITH (CustomerID nchar(5) '../@CustomerID', OrderDate datetime);
-- Remove the internal representation of the XML document.
EXEC sp_xml_removedocument @docHandle;
DECLARE @idoc int, @doc xml
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));
EXEC sp_xml_removedocument @idoc
/ROOT/Customer/Order
/ROOT/Customer/Order/OrderDetail
