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Import XML File into MS SQL Server

I have a XML table that needs to be imported into a SQL Server Database.
A new SQL server table can be created. I prefer to append rows from the XML table to an existing SQL Server table.

This is part of the XML table:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<dataroot xmlns:od="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:officedata" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="AMEX_20131227.xsd" generated="2014-01-01T12:28:37">
<AMEX_20131227>
      <AMEX_EOD_id>1</AMEX_EOD_id>
      <SymbolName>AA.P</SymbolName>
      <QuoteDate>20131227</QuoteDate>
<OpenPrice>76.55</OpenPrice>
<HighPrice>78.95</HighPrice>
<LowPrice>76.55</LowPrice>
<ClosePrice>78.95</ClosePrice>
<TradeVolume>400</TradeVolume>
</AMEX_20131227>
<AMEX_20131227>
<AMEX_EOD_id>2</AMEX_EOD_id>
<SymbolName>AADR</SymbolName>
<QuoteDate>20131227</QuoteDate>
<OpenPrice>37.6</OpenPrice>
<HighPrice>37.6</HighPrice>
<LowPrice>37.4</LowPrice>
<ClosePrice>37.4</ClosePrice>
<TradeVolume>15800</TradeVolume>
</AMEX_20131227>

I know the path and filename of the XML file.

Either TSQL or a C# procedure would work for me.

I do not have bulk insert permissions.

What would you suggest?

Thanks

Patrick Bogers

Hi

Just to be curious, what are you going to use this data for?

About importing XML to SQL there are a few steps which are described in the link.

Dovberman

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This is one of several tables in the following Stock Pick app I have written.

http://www.stockpickermax.com/

As noted, I do not have bulk insert permissions. Currently, I am reading each row of a comma delimited file and executing a stored procedure 1800 times (once for each row).
This is time and resource consuming.
Use of the import task in SSMS is also time consuming.

I might be able to store the import task and edit the source filename and path. The task needs to be run each day after the market closes.

From the link:
INSERT INTO XMLwithOpenXML(XMLData, LoadedDateTime)
SELECT CONVERT(XML, BulkColumn) AS BulkColumn, GETDATE()
FROM OPENROWSET(BULK 'D:\OpenXMLTesting.xml', SINGLE_BLOB) AS x;
The syntax above indicates a need for Bulk insert.

Habib Pourfard

You can convert your xml to a table by following code:

DECLARE @XMLData XML
SET @XMLData = '<AMEX_20131227>
  <AMEX_EOD_id>1</AMEX_EOD_id>
  <SymbolName>AA.P</SymbolName>
  <QuoteDate>20131227</QuoteDate>
  <OpenPrice>76.55</OpenPrice>
  <HighPrice>78.95</HighPrice>
  <LowPrice>76.55</LowPrice>
  <ClosePrice>78.95</ClosePrice>
  <TradeVolume>400</TradeVolume>
</AMEX_20131227>
<AMEX_20131227>
  <AMEX_EOD_id>2</AMEX_EOD_id>
  <SymbolName>AADR</SymbolName>
  <QuoteDate>20131227</QuoteDate>
  <OpenPrice>37.6</OpenPrice>
  <HighPrice>37.6</HighPrice>
  <LowPrice>37.4</LowPrice>
  <ClosePrice>37.4</ClosePrice>
  <TradeVolume>15800</TradeVolume>
</AMEX_20131227>'

SELECT  T.col.value('AMEX_EOD_id[1]', 'int') AMEX_EOD_id,
        T.col.value('ClosePrice[1]', 'float') ClosePrice,
        T.col.value('HighPrice[1]', 'float') HighPrice,
        T.col.value('LowPrice[1]', 'float') LowPrice,
        T.col.value('OpenPrice[1]', 'float') OpenPrice,
        T.col.value('QuoteDate[1]', 'datetime') QuoteDate,
        T.col.value('SymbolName[1]', 'varchar(64)') SymbolName,
        T.col.value('TradeVolume[1]', 'int') TradeVolume
FROM    @XMLData.nodes('//AMEX_20131227') T ( col )

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XmlTable function from my blog might helps.

Dovberman

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I understand the statements.

How do I refer to the path of the source xml table (@XMLData) which is on my hard drive.

"C:\MyFolder\AMEX_20131227.XML"

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Dovberman

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Thank you.