Shred XML and select XML column as multiple columns

Question

Hi,
Kindly assist me.
I need to split XML Column(XSD defined) and select as different columns.
CREATE
XML
SCHEMA
COLLECTION [dbo].[Groupers]
AS
N'<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xsd:element name="grouper">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexContent>
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:anyType">
<xsd:sequence />
<xsd:attribute name="payorid" type="xsd:anySimpleType" use="required" />
<xsd:attribute name="version" type="xsd:anySimpleType" />
<xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:anySimpleType" />
<xsd:attribute name="payortag" type="xsd:anySimpleType" use="required" />
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:complexContent>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="groupers">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexContent>
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:anyType">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element ref="grouper" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="4" />
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:complexContent>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>'
GO
CREATE
TABLE TestTable1
Groupers
XML
(CONTENT [dbo].[Groupers])
NULL,
Description
varchar(255),
insert
into TestTable1
values('<groupers><grouper
payorid="1" version="30" type="A" payortag="36" /></groupers>','TestDescriptio1')
/* This is NOT working , Please help here*/
SELECT
Groupers
.value('(/groupers/grouper/@version)[1]',
'varchar(50)')
FROM TestTable1
/* This way it is working */
Declare
@GroupersXML XML
SELECT
@GroupersXML
= Groupers
FROM TestTable1
select @GroupersXML.value('(/groupers/grouper/@version)[1]',
'varchar(50)')

Answer 1

Hi Singh,
Thanks for your solution, it is working good.
But i stuck with different problem now, say my XML has three elements, then it is showing me records thrice, since we've done cross apply.
Now what i need is to show only 1 record, and display the three elements from the XML as three columns.
Kindly assist me.
I assume you have ran my earlier scripts, please execute this
Update
testtable1 set groupers='<groupers>
<grouper payorid="1" version="30" type="A" payortag="36" />
<grouper payorid="3" version="20" type="C" payortag="9" />
<grouper payorid="4" version="10" type="D" payortag="4" />
</groupers>'
where
description='TestDescriptio1'
For that use the same suggestion and apply PIVOT over it
ie like
;With CTE
AS
SELECT tbl.Description,
t.c.value('string(@version)', 'varchar(50)') as Version,
t.c.value('@payorid', 'varchar(50)') as payorid
FROM TestTable1 tbl
CROSS APPLY Groupers.nodes('/groupers/grouper') as t(c)
SELECT *
FROM (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY Description ORDER BY payorid) AS Seq,Description,Version
FROM CTE)c
PIVOT(MAX(Version) FOR Seq IN ([1],[2],[3],[4],[5]))p
To make it dynamic see
http://beyondrelational.com/modules/2/blogs/70/posts/10840/dynamic-pivot-in-sql-server-2005.aspx
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