XML Schemas & XML SCHEMA COLLECTIONS: XSD.exe & the tool in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7..0A\Bin\x64?.

Question

Hi all,
I just read Pages 346-348 of the book "Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible" written by A. Jorgensen, P. LeBlanc, J. Chinchilla, J. Segarra & A. Nelson (published by Wiley) regarding XML Schemas and XML SCHEMA COLLECTIONS: Step 1.  create and
save orderxml.xml
<Order OrderID="1">
<Item>
<ItemNumber>V001</ItemNumber>
<Quantity>1</Quantity>
<Price>299.99</Price>
</Item>
</Order>
Step 2.  using the tool in the following location:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\x64
Open a command prompt, and navigate the preceding directory. The syntax for creating schema is: Xsd.exe C:\temp\orderxml.xml /outputdirectory:c:\temp  to create the orderxml.xsd file.  
Step 3. Copy all the contents of the orderxml.xsd file to the clipboard, and create a new query window in SQL Server Management Studio, pasting in the content of the clipboard. To create the XML Schema Collection, you need to add the CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION
statement to the beginning of the schema as shown below:
--MSss2012bibleP348.sql for XML Schema Collection OrderInformationSchemaCollection
-- Copied and executed by SHC (Date & Time): 24 April 2015 8:05 AM
USE ScottChangDB
GO
Create XML SCHEMA COLLECTION OrderInformationCollection AS
N'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<xs:schema id="NewDataSet" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:msdata="urn:schema-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
<xs:element name="Order">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Item" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded".
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="ItemNumber" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Quantity" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="price" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="OrderID" type="xs:string" />
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="NewDataSet" msdata" msdata:IsDataSet="true"
msdata:UseCurrentLocale="true">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded'>
<xs:element ref="Order" />
</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>' ;
/* Apply it to the table/columns */
ALTER TABLE ItemInfo
ALTER COLUMN ItemData xml (OrderInformationCollection)
GO
I prepared (i) the orderxml.xml file for Step 1 and Step 2, and (ii) the MSss2012bibleP348.sql file for Step 3. But I am not sure that I can do the Steps (i) and (ii) in my PC that does not have the regular version of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and Microsoft
Visual Studio 2012. Furthermore, I  have difficulties to do Step 2 and Step 3 in my PC that is the part of Windows 7 Lan Computer System in my office: I navigated to my C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\v7.0A\Bin\, I did not see the x64
thing in the  Bin folder, but, I saw the xsd.exe in the Bin folder. If I click the xsd.exe and I get the following in the bottom of the PC screen:   
xsd.exe Date modified:12/122011 12:55 PM    Date created:  12/12/2011  12:55 PM
Applicaion    Size:81.8 KB
Also, I see my PC screen flashes (and it looks like a dialog box with black background to flash for me to type the command) quickly. I am lost completely in this step and I don't understand the whole thing in doing Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3
I briefly summarized/described/presented above.
I need the following help from the experts of XML Schemas and XML Schema Collections in Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Management Studio:
Help #1: I don't understan the concept of Step 1, Step2 and Step 3 to do XML Schema, XSD.exe, and XML Schema Collection in the SQL Server 2012!!?? I just have the SQL Server 2012 Management Studio (SSMS2012) in my PC.
Help #2: How can I execute the xsd.exe in my C:\Program Files  (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\ folder?
Help #3: I just learned the basic things of creating XML SCHEMA COLLECTIONS in my SSMS2012 directly. Is the MSss2012P348.sql (I created and presented above) right for the task? How can I use clipboard to create the XML Schema Collection in my ScottChangDB
database?
Please kindly help and give me the answers/comments for Help #1, Help #2 and Help #3.
Thanks in advance,
Scott Chang  

Answer 1

Hi Scott,
Help #1: I don't understan the concept of Step 1, Step2 and Step 3 to do XML Schema, XSD.exe, and XML Schema Collection in the SQL Server 2012!!?? I just have the SQL Server 2012 Management Studio (SSMS2012) in my PC.
Step1 and Step2 not that related to SQL Server, you can get the XSD from a given XML with an online XSD generator.
Google search: XSD generator
Help #2: How can I execute the xsd.exe in my C:\Program Files  (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\ folder?
Please see the link in the #1
Help #3: I just learned the basic things of creating XML SCHEMA COLLECTIONS in my SSMS2012 directly. Is the MSss2012P348.sql (I created and presented above) right for the task? How can I use clipboard to create the XML Schema Collection in
my ScottChangDB database?
See the syntax and example in
create XML schema collection
If you have any question, feel free to let me know.
Eric Zhang
TechNet Community Support