SQL XML Query Help

Question

I have four tables and I want to create one XML file. I provided the temp tables with
data and expected output.
create table #ZDL(ZLN bigint, ZTLA int, ZMR decimal, ZCLS varchar(20), ZPITIP money)
insert into #ZDL values(1234, 200000, 8.5, 'CART', 1500.00)
create table #ZBL(ZLN bigint, ZBN varchar(50), ZFN varchar(20), ZMN varchar(8), ZLL varchar(20))
insert into #ZBL values(1234, 'TEST Test', 'TEST', null, 'Test')
create table #ZCC(ZLN bigint, ZSN int, ZCE int)
insert into #ZCC values(1234, 1, 4)
create table #ZP(ZLN bigint, ZPT varchar(50), ZPP int, ZNU int)
insert into #ZP values(1234, 'Attached', 6500, 3)
Expected XML Result should be:
<TEST_DATA xmlns="http://www.TestData.com/Schema/Test"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.TestData.com/Schema/Test_Schema.xsd">
<KEY _Name="ZID" _Value="789" _ID="ZID"/>
<ZL>
<ZLN>1234</ZLN>
<ZTLA>200000</ZTLA>
<ZMR>8.5</ZMR>
<ZCLS>CART</ZCLS>
<ZPITIP>1500.00</ZPITIP>
</ZL>
<ZBS>
<ZB>
<ZBN>TEST Test</ZBN>
<ZFN>TEST</ZFN>
<ZMN></ZMN>
<ZLL>Test</ZLL>
</ZB>
</ZBS>
<ZCC>
<ZC>
<ZSN>1</ZSN>
<ZCE>4</ZCE>
</ZC>
</ZCC>
<ZP>
<ZPT>Attached</ZPT>
<ZPP>6500</ZPP>
<ZNU>3</ZNU>
</ZP>
</TEST_DATA>
Thanks

Answer 1

little change in your query as OP expected
SELECT
(SELECT ZLN ,
ZTLA ,
ZMR ,
ZCLS,
ZPITIP --AS [*]
FROM #ZDL
WHERE ZLN = z1.ZLN
FOR XML PATH('ZL'),TYPE) AS [*],
(SELECT
ZBN ,--AS [*],
ZFN ,
ISNULL(ZMN,'') AS ZMN ,
ZLL
FROM #ZBL
WHERE ZLN = z1.ZLN
FOR XML PATH('ZB'),TYPE) AS [ZBS],
(SELECT
ZSN,ZCE
FROM #ZCC
WHERE ZLN = z1.ZLN
FOR XML PATH('ZC'),TYPE) AS [ZCC],
(SELECT
ZPT,
ZPP,
ZNU
FROM #ZP
WHERE ZLN = z1.ZLN
FOR XML PATH('ZP'),TYPE) AS [*]
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT ZLN FROM #ZDL) z1
FOR XML PATH('TEST_DATA')
Nope
it will give different output
see the difference
mine
<TEST_DATA>
<ZL>
<ZLN>1234</ZLN>
<ZTLA>200000</ZTLA>
<ZMR>9</ZMR>
<ZCLS>CART</ZCLS>
1500.0000
</ZL>
<ZBS>
<ZB>
TEST Test
<ZFN>TEST</ZFN>
<ZMN />
<ZLL>Test</ZLL>
</ZB>
</ZBS>
<ZCC>
<ZC>
<ZSN>1</ZSN>
<ZCE>4</ZCE>
</ZC>
</ZCC>
<ZP>
<ZPT>Attached</ZPT>
<ZPP>6500</ZPP>
<ZNU>3</ZNU>
</ZP>
</TEST_DATA>
and see your output
<TEST_DATA>
<ZL>
<ZLN>1234</ZLN>
<ZTLA>200000</ZTLA>
<ZMR>9</ZMR>
<ZCLS>CART</ZCLS>
<ZPITIP>1500.0000</ZPITIP>
</ZL>
<ZBS>
<ZB>
<ZBN>TEST Test</ZBN>
<ZFN>TEST</ZFN>
<ZMN />
<ZLL>Test</ZLL>
</ZB>
</ZBS>
<ZCC>
<ZC>
<ZSN>1</ZSN>
<ZCE>4</ZCE>
</ZC>
</ZCC>
<ZP>
<ZPT>Attached</ZPT>
<ZPP>6500</ZPP>
<ZNU>3</ZNU>
</ZP>
</TEST_DATA>
Its different from what Op wanted
my suggestion gives exactly in the format wanted
notice extra nodes ZPITIP and ZLN
coming in your case
Your original suggestion also has this issues
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