Build datbase from xsd/xml ??

Question

Hello all.  I have an .xsd file and a .xml file that goes with it.  Are there any tools available that will build a database structure in SQL Server from either of these two files?  I can't see the .xml file being of much use for building the structure, but how about the .xsd file?

Answer 1

You can use SSIS for this assuming it contains single table structure with data.
Just requires two steps
1. Create a data flow task using XML Source and flat file destination. Map source to your xml file and map XSD to schema. Then just give a destination filename. the data gets save to file
2. Use execute sql task. Inside it use a query based on OPENROWSET to extract data from file and use SELECT..INTO synatx to create table on the fly.
The statement would be as below
SELECT *
INTO YourTableName
FROM OPENROWSET('MSDASQL','Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};Database=<full file path>;'
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