Comments on: Handling special characters with FOR XML PATH(”)

By: neha

neha — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 10:38:02 +0000

STUFF((
SELECT ‘#!’ + RTRIM(x.PersonInstnAlias)
FROM ObjectViews.dbo.LookupPersonInstnAlias x
WHERE x.KeyPersonInstnAlias = x2_0.KeyPersonInstnAlias
ORDER BY x.KeyPersonInstnAlias
FOR XML PATH(”) , root(‘x.PersonInstnAlias’)
,TYPE
).value(‘.’, ‘varchar(max)’), 1, 2, ”) AS PersonInstnAlias
Hi my piece of code is this .
FOR XML could not serialize the data for node ‘NoName’ because it contains a character (0x001C) which is not allowed in XML. To retrieve this data using FOR XML, convert it to binary, varbinary or image data type and use the BINARY BASE64 directive.
and I am getting this error . please can anyone help ?
Its very important .
Thanks .

By: Rodf1021

Rodf1021 — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 01:50:36 +0000

This is GREAT!! It got me really close to what I need. Wondering if you can advise on why it correctly returns the node with all elements surrounded by ‘<‘ and ‘>’, but leaves out the root node and its attributes.
Return should be Filename, XML where XML is a string literal with a valid XML. The SQL below returns the correct XML but has the ‘>’ and ‘<’.
Value of XML column
<![CDATA[UT02]]><![CDATA[ROD_FG]]><![CDATA[N/A]]><![CDATA[RodF FG test item]]><![CDATA[EA]]><![CDATA[TBV]]><![CDATA[S]]><![CDATA[]]>
SQL statement excluding the create of CTE x
SELECT
Convert(varchar(10),GetDate(),120) + ‘_ManualItemSubscription_’ + x.ItemNumber +’.xml’ ‘Filename’
, ‘’ + (
select
‘ItemMasterDownload’ ‘@TransactionType’
, Substring(replace(convert(varchar,sysdatetimeoffset(),120),’ ‘,’T’),1,charindex(‘T’,replace(convert(varchar,sysdatetimeoffset(),120),’ ‘,’T’),12)-1)
+ right(replace(convert(varchar,sysdatetimeoffset(),120),’ ‘,’T’),6) ‘@TransactionDateTime’
, ‘DraperMES’ ‘@SystemID’
, DB_Name() ‘@Environment’
, newid() ‘@MessageID’
,(
SELECT
‘’ ‘Plant’
, ‘’ ‘ItemNumber’
, ‘’ ‘ItemRev’
, ‘’ ‘ItemDescription’
, ‘’ ‘UOM’
, ‘’ ‘Family’
, ‘’ ‘Type’
, ‘’ ‘IBUserReserveRef’
FOR XML PATH (‘ItemMaster’), TYPE
)
FOR XML PATH (‘Root’)
) ‘XML’
FROM x
When I implement your solution, it executes, but returns the following:

Here is the SQL used to get the return above:
SELECT
Convert(varchar(10),GetDate(),120) + ‘_ManualItemSubscription_’ + x.ItemNumber +’.xml’ ‘Filename’
, ‘’ + (
select
‘ItemMasterDownload’ ‘@TransactionType’
, Substring(replace(convert(varchar,sysdatetimeoffset(),120),’ ‘,’T’),1,charindex(‘T’,replace(convert(varchar,sysdatetimeoffset(),120),’ ‘,’T’),12)-1)
+ right(replace(convert(varchar,sysdatetimeoffset(),120),’ ‘,’T’),6) ‘@TransactionDateTime’
, ‘DraperMES’ ‘@SystemID’
, DB_Name() ‘@Environment’
, newid() ‘@MessageID’
,(
SELECT
‘’ ‘Plant’
, ‘’ ‘ItemNumber’
, ‘’ ‘ItemRev’
, ‘’ ‘ItemDescription’
, ‘’ ‘UOM’
, ‘’ ‘Family’
, ‘’ ‘Type’
, ‘’ ‘IBUserReserveRef’
FOR XML PATH (‘ItemMaster’), TYPE
)
FOR XML PATH (‘Root’),Type
).value(‘/Root[1]’,’nvarchar(max)’) ‘XML’
FROM x

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:24:32 +0000

This is still great. 7 years on people are still finding this immensely helpful and informative!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:09:18 +0000

Lol, people straight up giving you their entire issues to solve… contracting isn’t free people!
Great post, worked out nicely.

By: percussionies

percussionies — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:43:23 +0000

select a.list from (
select(
SELECT
PROPERTY_ID
AUCTION_ID,
CASE_NO AS CaseNumber,
PROCEEDING_ID ,
FC_STATE_CD,
LAND_TITLE,
RESTRICTION_IN_INTEREST,
RESERVED_PRICE, 1 as PropertyInAuction, COURT_LOCATION_NAME, PROCEEDING_DATE AS AuctionDate, 1 AS NumberOfAuction, MINIMUM_BID AS MinimumBid, DEPOSIT_PERCENTAGE AS DepositPercentage,
PANEL_BANK_PROCESSING_FEE AS PanelBankProcessingFee, STAMP_DUTY AS StampDuty, PAYMENT_TERMS AS PaymentTerm, COUNSEL_ID AS CounsellorId, ATTACHMENT_PATH AS DocumentId, 0 AS STATUS, GETDATE() AS CreatedDate,
1 AS CreatedBy, GETDATE() AS ModifiedDate, 1 AS ModifiedBy,
(
SELECT DISTINCT
PR.PROPERTY_ID,
AD.AUCTION_ID,
CD.CASE_NO AS [Property/CaseNumber],
CE.PROCEEDING_ID AS [Property/ProceedingId],
PR.PROPERTY_ID AS [Property/PropertyId],
PR.TITLE_NUMBER AS [Property/TitleNumber],
PR.BANK_NAME AS [Property/BankName],
PR.MUKIM AS [Property/Mukim],
PR.DISTRICT AS [Property/District],
PR.LOT_NUMBER AS [Property/LotNumber],
PR.PARCEL_NUMBER AS [Property/ParcelNumber],
PR.STORY_NUMBER AS [Property/StoreyNumber],
PR.BUILDING_NUMBER AS [Property/BuildingNumber],
PR.EXPRESS_CONDITION AS [Property/ExpressCondition],
PR.TENURE AS [Property/Tenure],
PR.BUILT_UP AS [Property/BuiltUp],
PR.LAND_AREA AS [Property/LandArea],
PR.REGISTER_OWNER AS [Property/RegisterOwner],
PR.FACILITIES AS [Property/Facilities],
PR.EMCUMBRANCES AS [Property/Emcumbrances],
PR.PROPERTY_TYPE AS [Property/PropertyType],
PR.UNIT_NUMBER AS [Property/UnitNumber],
PR.FLOOR AS [Property/Floor],
PR.BUILDING_NAME AS [Property/BuildingName],
PR.STREET AS [Property/Street],
PR.SECTION AS [Property/Section],
PR.POST_CD AS [Property/Postcode],
PR.CITY AS [Property/City],
PR.POSTAL_STATE_CD AS [Property/PostalStatecode],
GETDATE() AS [Property/CreatedDate],
1 AS [Property/CreatedBy],
GETDATE() AS [Property/ModifiedDate],
1 AS [Property/ModifiedBy]
from TBL_CASE_DETAIL cd WITH(NOLOCK)
inner join TBL_AUCTION_DETAIL AD on AD.CASE_DETAIL_ID = cd.CASE_DETAIL_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_AUCTION_PROPERTY_MAPPING TAPM WITH(NOLOCK) ON TAPM.AUCTION_ID = AD.AUCTION_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_PROPERTY PR WITH(NOLOCK) ON PR.PROPERTY_ID = TAPM.PROPERTY_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_AUCTION_PROCEEDING_MAPPING APM WITH(NOLOCK) ON APM.AUCTION_ID = AD.AUCTION_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_PROCEEDING CE WITH(NOLOCK) ON CE.PROCEEDING_ID = APM.PROCEEDING_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_PROPERTY_PARTY_MAPPING PPM WITH(NOLOCK) ON PPM.PROPERTY_ID = PR.PROPERTY_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_PARTY PA WITH(NOLOCK) ON PA.PARTY_ID = PPM.PARTY_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_CASE_DETAIL_PARTY_MAPPING CDPM WITH(NOLOCK) ON CDPM.CASE_DETAIL_ID = CD.CASE_DETAIL_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_CASE_DETAIL_PARTY_COUNSEL_REPRESENT CDPCR WITH(NOLOCK) ON CDPCR.CASE_DETAIL_PARTY_DETAIL_ID = CDPM.CASE_DETAIL_ID
LEFT JOIN COMMON.dbo.TBL_COURT C WITH(NOLOCK) ON C.COURT_ID = CD.COURT_ID
LEFT JOIN COMMON.dbo.VIEW_SELT_COURT_LOCATION vSCL ON vSCL.COURT_LOCATION_ID = C.COURT_LOCATION_ID
WHERE tPR.PROPERTY_ID = PR.PROPERTY_ID AND CULTURE_CODE = ‘ms-MY’
FOR XML PATH(”), TYPE
)
from
(SELECT DISTINCT tPR.PROPERTY_ID, TAD.AUCTION_ID, aude.CASE_NO, CE.PROCEEDING_ID ,tPR.FC_STATE_CD, tPR.LAND_TITLE, tPR.RESTRICTION_IN_INTEREST,
TAD.RESERVED_PRICE, 1 as PropertyInAuction,vSCL.COURT_LOCATION_NAME, CE.PROCEEDING_DATE , 1 AS NumberOfAuction, TAD.MINIMUM_BID, TAD.DEPOSIT_PERCENTAGE,
PANEL_BANK_PROCESSING_FEE, STAMP_DUTY, PAYMENT_TERMS, COUNSEL_ID, ATTACHMENT_PATH, 0 AS STATUS, GETDATE() AS CreatedDate,
1 AS CreatedBy, GETDATE() AS ModifiedDate, 1 AS ModifiedBy from TBL_CASE_DETAIL aude
inner join TBL_AUCTION_DETAIL TAD on TAD.CASE_DETAIL_ID = aude.CASE_DETAIL_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_AUCTION_PROPERTY_MAPPING TAPM WITH(NOLOCK) ON TAPM.AUCTION_ID = TAD.AUCTION_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_PROPERTY tPR WITH(NOLOCK) ON tPR.PROPERTY_ID = TAPM.PROPERTY_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_AUCTION_PROCEEDING_MAPPING APM WITH(NOLOCK) ON APM.AUCTION_ID = TAD.AUCTION_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_PROCEEDING CE WITH(NOLOCK) ON CE.PROCEEDING_ID = APM.PROCEEDING_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_PROPERTY_PARTY_MAPPING PPM WITH(NOLOCK) ON PPM.PROPERTY_ID = tPR.PROPERTY_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_PARTY PA WITH(NOLOCK) ON PA.PARTY_ID = PPM.PARTY_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_CASE_DETAIL_PARTY_MAPPING CDPM WITH(NOLOCK) ON CDPM.CASE_DETAIL_ID = aude.CASE_DETAIL_ID
LEFT JOIN TBL_CASE_DETAIL_PARTY_COUNSEL_REPRESENT CDPCR WITH(NOLOCK) ON CDPCR.CASE_DETAIL_PARTY_DETAIL_ID = CDPM.CASE_DETAIL_ID
LEFT JOIN COMMON.dbo.TBL_COURT C WITH(NOLOCK) ON C.COURT_ID = aude.COURT_ID
LEFT JOIN COMMON.dbo.VIEW_SELT_COURT_LOCATION vSCL ON vSCL.COURT_LOCATION_ID = C.COURT_LOCATION_ID
WHERE CULTURE_CODE = ‘ms-MY’
) tPR
FOR XML PATH(‘Foreclosure’),type).value(‘.’,’varchar(max)’)) AS a(list);
I can get the result like one row like string but I need to display like xml file but need one row.. how I can get it??

By: sanket

sanket — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:42:30 +0000

Thanks Brad. it helped me lot.

By: mohana

mohana — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:17:45 +0000

hi,
FOR XML PATH(”), TYPE).value(‘.’, ‘NVARCHAR(MAX)’) ,1, 1, ”) as Director_Name
i am getting
Msg 6841, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
FOR XML could not serialize the data for node ‘NoName’ because it contains a character (0x001A) which is not allowed in XML. To retrieve this data using FOR XML, convert it to binary, varbinary or image data type and use the BINARY BASE64 directive.
please help me.

By: Petko Dinev

Petko Dinev — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:07:59 +0000

Thank you for sharing Rob.
All the best!

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 09:29:56 +0000

Thanks Rob – Great post – I’ve been looking for a solution to this for awhile.i really appreciate ,i just wanted to tell you you use cool trick and That’s the best CSV that I’ve seen.. Still

By: Madhuri

Madhuri — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 13:21:18 +0000

Really, it’s cool trick. it helped me a lot.