SSMS 2012: Import XML File to SQL Table - 'value' is not a recognized built-in function name!!??

Question

Hi all,
I have the following xml file (books1.xml):
<bookstore>
<book>
<BookID>1</BookID>
<title>Everyday Italian</title>
<author>Giada De Laurentiis</author>
<year>2005</year>
<price>30.00</price>
</book>
<book>
<BookID>2<BookID>
<title>Harry Potter</title>
<author>J K. Rowling</author>
<year>2005</year>
<price>29.99</price>
</book>
<book>
<BookID>3<BookID>
<title>XQuery Kick Start</title>
<author>James McGovern</author>
<year>2003</year>
<price>49.99</price>
</book>
<book>
<BookID>4<BookID>
<title>Learning XML</title>
<author>Erik T. Ray</author>
<year>2003</year>
<price>39.95</price>
</book>
</bookstore>
In my Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Management Studio, I executed the following SQL Query code:
--XQuery w3schools example using books1.xml in C:\Temp folder
---SQL Query W3books Title
---9 March 2015
USE XML_XQUERY
GO
CREATE TABLE W3Books(
BookID INt Primary Key,
Title VARCHAR(30));
INSERT INTO W3Books (BookID, Title)
SELECT x.book.query('BookID'), value('.', 'INT'),
x.book.query('title'), value('.', 'VARCHAR(30)')
FROM (
SELECT CAST(x AS XML)
FROM OPENROWSET(
BULK 'C:\Temp\books1.xml',
SINGLE_BLOB) AS T(x)
) AS T(x)
CROSS APPLY x.nodes('W3Books/book') AS x(book);
SELECT BookID, Title
FROM W3Books;
I got the following error messages:
Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 7
'value' is not a recognized built-in function name.
Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 16
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'AS'.
I don't know why I got the error of 'value' is not a recognized built-in function name. Please kindly help and tell me what is wrong in my code and how to correct the error.
Thanks, Scott Chang
P. S.
(1) I mimicked the xml file and SQL Qeury code of Import XML File to SQL Table in
http://pratchev.blogspot.com/2008/11/import-xml-file-to-sql-table.html. The xml file and the code of this sample worked in my SSMS 2012 program.
(2) I am learning the "CAST" and "CROSS APPLY" in the Create Instances of XML Data of Microsoft MSDN - it is very abstract to me.

Answer 1

Hi Stan210, Thanks for your nice response.
I corrected my xml file as you pointed out.
I made some changes in some code statements of my SQLQueryW3BookTitle.sql as you instructed:
--XQuery w3schools example using books1.xml in C:\Temp folder
---SQL Query W3books Title
---10 March 2015
USE XML_XQUERY
GO
CREATE TABLE W3Books(
BookID INt Primary Key,
Title VARCHAR(30));
INSERT INTO W3Books (BookID, Title)
SELECT x.book.value('/BookID[1]', 'INT'),
x.book.value('/title[1]', 'VARCHAR(30)')
FROM (
SELECT CAST(x AS XML)
FROM OPENROWSET(
BULK 'C:\Temp\books1.xml',SINGLE_BLOB) AS T(x)
) AS T(x)
CROSS APPLY x.nodes('bookstore/book') AS x(book);
SELECT BookID, Title
FROM W3Books;
I executed my revised sql and I got the following Message and Results:
Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Line 6
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'BookID', table 'XML_XQUERY.dbo.W3Books'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
The statement has been terminated.
(0 row(s) affected)
Results:
BookID    Title
I don't know why I just got the names of columns in Results and the "Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'BookID', table 'XML_XQUERY.dbo.W3Books'; column does not allow nulls, insert fails." in Messages.  Please kindly help, advise me
how to correct the errors and respond again.
Many Thanks again,
Scott Chang