Building an XML output using XML EXPLICIT in SQL Server 2014 - sql-server

Question

I have nearly accomplished what I need, but am missing one last thing. I have 2 tables being joined to create an XML output. I need elements of both tables to be used in the same SELECT statement, but am having trouble making that work. This code is what I have:
SELECT
1 as Tag,
0 as Parent,
RTRIM(dbo.DataItemInfo.DataItem) as [DataItem!1!name]
--RTRIM(dbo.DataItemInfo.DataItem) as [dbo.DataSchedule.DataItemValue!1!]
FROM
dbo.DataItemInfo
INNER JOIN
dbo.DataSchedule
ON dbo.DataSchedule.SignID = dbo.DataItemInfo.SignID
AND dbo.DataSchedule.SignID=#ParamSignID
AND dbo.DataSchedule.ScheduleID = dbo.DataItemInfo.ScheduleID
FOR XML EXPLICIT, ROOT('DataItems')
Where the commented out section is one of the things I tried. At the moment, it produces the output:
<DataItems>
<DataItem name="Test1" />
<DataItem name="Test2" />
<DataItem name="Test3" />
<DataItem name="Test4" />
<DataItem name="Test5" />
</DataItems>
But I want:
<DataItems>
<DataItem name="Test1">ValFromScheduleTableHere<DataItem/>
<DataItem name="Test2">ValFromScheduleTableHere<DataItem/>
<DataItem name="Test3">ValFromScheduleTableHere<DataItem/>
<DataItem name="Test4">ValFromScheduleTableHere<DataItem/>
<DataItem name="Test5">ValFromScheduleTableHere<DataItem/>
</DataItems>
I know how to populate the "ValFromScheduleTableHere" from the original table, but not from a second table. Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

FOR XML PATH syntax is easier and you can get the desired result with this SQL.
SELECT
(
SELECT
RTRIM(dbo.DataItemInfo.DataItem) as 'DataItem/#name'
DataSchedule.DataitemValue as 'DataItem'
FROM
dbo.DataItemInfo
INNER JOIN
dbo.DataSchedule
ON dbo.DataSchedule.SignID = dbo.DataItemInfo.SignID
AND dbo.DataSchedule.SignID=#ParamSignID
AND dbo.DataSchedule.ScheduleID = dbo.DataItemInfo.ScheduleID
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE
)
FOR XML PATH(''), ROOT('DataItems')

Answer 2

I realize this has been answered and even that EXPLICIT mode is no longer being used, but I happened to figure it out so I thought I would share. For better or worse, you were very close. The column name for the field to be the entity value was missing the "directive" portion, which is the 4th (and optional) part of the funky column name !-convention. You needed !xml as the last part, and of course to have adjusted what is in the RTRIM and the rest of the alias, which would have looked like:
RTRIM(DataSchedule.DataItemValue) as [DataItem!1!!xml]
Anyone can test the theory with the following (I aligned the column aliases to more easily see the difference in the 3rd alias):
SELECT 1 AS [Tag],
0 AS [Parent],
RTRIM(so.[type]) AS [Object!1!Type],
so.create_date AS [Object!1!CreateDate],
so.[name] AS [Object!1!!xml]
FROM sys.objects so
FOR XML EXPLICIT, ROOT('Objects');
Output:
<Objects>
<Object Type="S" CreateTate="2014-02-20T20:48:34.573">sysrscols</Object>
<Object Type="S" CreateTate="2009-04-13T12:59:05.513">sysrowsets</Object>
<Object Type="S" CreateTate="2014-02-20T20:48:34.807">sysclones</Object>
<Object Type="S" CreateTate="2009-04-13T12:59:05.500">sysallocunits</Object>
<Object Type="S" CreateTate="2003-04-08T09:13:37.267">sysfiles1</Object>
...
</Objects>
For more info, please see the following MSDN page: Use EXPLICIT Mode with FOR XML