asked on 8/27/2013

Reading an xml file from SQL

Hello,
I have a table monographs and the data has filecontent which is a xml.When I run the below query it returns me the row for that drug.Now how can I search for all the filecontent which has <warnbox> as one of the xml tags as the below filecontent for this drug has warnbox as one of its tag,so basically Iam looking for all the filecontent which has this tag.Please help.

SELECT *
  FROM Monographs
  WHERE CAST(filecontent  AS VARCHAR(MAX)) LIKE '%abacavir%'

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Microsoft SQL Server 2008

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Anthony Perkins

9/1/2013

unknown_routine

8/27/2013

I think your question is not clear enought.

your query

SELECT *
  FROM Monographs
  WHERE CAST(filecontent  AS VARCHAR(MAX)) LIKE '%abacavir%'

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Will return all filecontent with the abacavir in them?

What's wrong with

SELECT *
  FROM Monographs
  WHERE CAST(filecontent  AS VARCHAR(MAX)) LIKE '%warnbox%'

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Star79

8/27/2013

ASKER

true it actually works.
Another extension to this question.The file has a set of tag like below:how can I extract anything thats between generic-name tag.
Thanks.
<title>
<generic-name>Azathioprine</generic-name>
<doseform>Tablets</doseform>
</title>

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unknown_routine

8/27/2013

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Anthony Perkins

9/1/2013

so basically Iam looking for all the filecontent which has this tag.
You use the Xml Data Type Methods to filter the data you need.

If you can post a sample of your Xml and what nodes to filter on I can post an example.