Formatting XML in TSQL FOR XML - sql-server

Question

The following TSQL code is designed to emit data in XML Format. The following code:
SELECT l.wlst_Name [Name]
, pid.wpid_Number AS [Value]
, pid.wpid_IsPrimary AS [IsPrimary]
FROM dbo.tb_W_PhoneInternetData AS pid
INNER JOIN dbo.tb_W_Lists AS l ON pid.wpid_wlst_Type_fk = l.wlst_pk
ORDER BY l.wlst_Name, pid.wpid_IsPrimary DESC
FOR XML RAW('Data'),TYPE
returns the following data, which is OK.... however
<Data Name="Email" Value="kevin#myemail.com" IsPrimary="1" />
<Data Name="Fax" Value="21950121" IsPrimary="1" />
<Data Name="ID Number" Value="123435456m" IsPrimary="0" />
<Data Name="Mobile" Value="99977500" IsPrimary="1" />
<Data Name="Phone" Value="23977500" IsPrimary="1" />
<Data Name="Tax No" Value="737 0443 41" IsPrimary="0" />
<Data Name="Website" Value="asdf" IsPrimary="0" />
....but I need it the following format:
<Data Name="Email" IsPrimary="1">kevin#myemail.com</Data>
<Data Name="Fax" IsPrimary="1" >21950121</Data>
<Data Name="ID Number" IsPrimary="0" />123435456m</Data>
<Data Name="Mobile" IsPrimary="1" >99977500</Data>
<Data Name="Phone" IsPrimary="1" >23977500</Data>
<Data Name="Tax No" IsPrimary="0" >737 0443 41</Data>
<Data Name="Website" IsPrimary="0" >asdf</Data>
? What can I do ?

Answer 1

As #marc_s wrote - use FOR XML PATH. To get exactly result you may try the following:
CREATE TABLE #test(
Name VARCHAR(10),
Value VARCHAR(100),
IsPrimary BIT
)
INSERT INTO #test (Name, Value, IsPrimary) VALUES
('Email', 'kevin#myemail.com', 1),
('Fax', '21950121', 1),
('ID Number', '123435456m', 0),
('Mobile', '99977500', 1),
('Phone', '23977500', 1),
('Tax No', '737 0443 41', 0),
('Website', 'asdf', 0)
SELECT
'Data/#Name' = Name,
'Data/#IsPrimary' = IsPrimary,
'Data' = Value
FROM #test
FOR XML PATH(''), ROOT('All'), TYPE
DROP TABLE #test
-- Result
<All>
<Data Name="Email" IsPrimary="1">kevin#myemail.com</Data>
<Data Name="Fax" IsPrimary="1">21950121</Data>
<Data Name="ID Number" IsPrimary="0">123435456m</Data>
<Data Name="Mobile" IsPrimary="1">99977500</Data>
<Data Name="Phone" IsPrimary="1">23977500</Data>
<Data Name="Tax No" IsPrimary="0">737 0443 41</Data>
<Data Name="Website" IsPrimary="0">asdf</Data>
</All>
UPDATE: #Mikael Eriksson suggested star wildcard. Another version below:
SELECT
'#Name' = Name,
'#IsPrimary' = IsPrimary,
'*' = Value
FROM #test
FOR XML PATH('Data'), ROOT('All'), TYPE

Answer 2

You should be able to do this with FOR XML PATH - something like this:
SELECT
l.wlst_Name AS '#Name',
pid.wpid_IsPrimary AS '#IsPrimary',
pid.wpid_Number AS 'text()'
FROM
dbo.tb_W_PhoneInternetData AS pid
INNER JOIN
dbo.tb_W_Lists AS l ON pid.wpid_wlst_Type_fk = l.wlst_pk
ORDER BY
l.wlst_Name, pid.wpid_IsPrimary DESC
FOR XML PATH('Data'), ROOT('AllData')
Basically, what you want to use as attributes needs to be selected with a column alias that starts with a # sign.
Update: I updated my response - what I had been looking for (and not able to find right away) is the ... AS 'text()' which basically produces the same output (value of the column is output as literal text - without any XML element open/end tags around it) as the "wildcard" character that #MikaelEriksson mentioned.