XML to Flat File DB Table So I and Others Can Use SSRS for Reporting

Question

I'm using a program called Orbeon Forms to quickly create and distribute forms on the local network.
The program just recently got updated to Version 4.6 so as to use SQL Server DB as a backend. (I was using MySQL in a lower versions)
The data created when you submit a form into the database is held in  xml fomat in one of the columns. (see below).
I am trying to create a separate table, to pull that data from the xml column (for that particular form) and place it in to a seperate table using the xml tags as columns.
I have no idea where to start or how to do this. Please keep in mind I'm a novice when it comes to sql server (but I do know how to do select statements :-)....
Is this very difficult to do? If it is (for me at least) where can I go to get someone to do it for me along with the documentation to do it?  I was also thinking of a way to create a trigger on the Orbeon table (this is how it is setup currently in
the MySQL database) to automagically insert any saved form data to the new form data table. Is this also difficult to do? And can I have a trigger for each form I create on the table?
If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
I would eventually like to add the form data from the old MySQL database table into this new Orbeon table but it appears the upgrade also added two extra columns. I figuring once in the Orbeon table then I will have to run whatever statements to place into
the separate table so I can use the data.
Randy Marrero

Answer 1

Erland thanks for the reply. Even after reviewing the link you sent I'm still having problems. Guess that is why I'm not a programmer. Anyway I've create a test data form xml I've created and it is copy and pasted below.
Again I'm only really interested seeing if I can get the information out of the xml and create it in its own flat file table. I keep reading that creating a trigger (when the form gets submitted into this database in the xml format, an on insert trigger
would take all the data submitted and inserted into another table with just the data, into separate columns)  for this is the best way but I'm not sure how to do this either. I have a copy of what the MySQL trigger would look like but keep running
into errors when I try to run it in SQL Server.  Also the issue with how I would create another trigger if / when I create another form. I read somewhere I can only create one on insert trigger per table, still don't know this to be true. Anyway below
is the xml as it is in the xml table in the database.
XML STARTS HERE------------------
<
formxmlns:oxf="http://www.orbeon.com/oxf/processors"xmlns:xxi="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/xinclude"xmlns:xh="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events"xmlns:saxon="http://saxon.sf.net/"xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"xmlns:odt="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/datatypes"xmlns:fb="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/form-builder"xmlns:xxf="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/xforms"xmlns:xbl="http://www.w3.org/ns/xbl"xmlns:xpl="java:org.orbeon.oxf.pipeline.api.FunctionLibrary"xmlns:sql="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/sql"xmlns:p="http://www.orbeon.com/oxf/pipeline"xmlns:fr="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/form-runner"xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"xmlns:xf="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"xmlns:exf="http://www.exforms.org/exf/1-0">
  <
Header>
    <
HHIFR_Patch>/fr/service/persistence/crud/bfp/permits/form/738433584d6c0aff25e0ab8ca1bd99bcc7e10b49.bin</HHIFR_Patch>
  </
Header>
  <
Permit_Number_Hdr>
    <
Permit_Number>Test123</Permit_Number>
  </
Permit_Number_Hdr>
  <
Permit_Info_Hdr>
    <
Permit_Date>2014-07-15-05:00</Permit_Date>
    <
Permit_Station>HQ</Permit_Station>
    <
Permit_Employee_Number>0676</Permit_Employee_Number>
    <
Permit_Status>Active</Permit_Status>
    <
Employee_Name>Randy
Marrero</Employee_Name>
  </
Permit_Info_Hdr>
  <
Applicant_Info_Hdr>
    <
Applicant_Name>Randy
Marrero</Applicant_Name>
    <
Applicant_Phone>8434741099</Applicant_Phone>
    <
Applicant_Email>[email protected]</Applicant_Email>
  </
Applicant_Info_Hdr>
  <
Mailing-Address-Section>
    <
Mailing_Address>40
Summit Dr</Mailing_Address>
    <
Mailing_Suite/>
    <
Mailing_City>Hilton
Head Island</Mailing_City>
    <
Mailing_State>SC</Mailing_State>
    <
Mailing_Zip>29926</Mailing_Zip>
  </
Mailing-Address-Section>
  <
Physical_Burn_Hdr>
    <
Physical_Address>35
Summit Dr</Physical_Address>
    <
Physical_Suite/>
    <
Physical_City>Hilton
Head Island</Physical_City>
    <
Physical_State>South
Carolina</Physical_State>
    <
Physical_Zip>29926</Physical_Zip>
  </
form>
XML ENDS HERE ------------
Randy Marrero