SQL XML 列值 (ADO.NET)

更新：November 2007

SQL Server 2005 支持新的 xml 数据类型，开发人员可以使用 SqlCommand 类的标准行为检索包括此类型的结果集。 xml 列可以像任意列一样进行检索（例如检索到 SqlDataReader 中），但是如果要以 XML 的形式使用列内容，必须使用 XmlReader。

示例

以下控制台应用程序从 AdventureWorks 数据库的 Sales.Store 表中为 SqlDataReader 实例选择两行，每行包含一个 xml 列。 对于每一行，xml 列的值使用 SqlDataReader 的 GetSqlXml 方法读取。 该值存储在 XmlReader 中。 注意，如果要将内容设置为 SqlXml 变量，必须使用 GetSqlXml 方法，而不要使用 GetValue 方法；GetValue 以字符串的形式返回 xml 列的值。

说明：
默认情况下，在安装 SQL Server 2005 时不安装 AdventureWorks 示例数据库。可以通过运行 SQL Server 安装程序来安装。

' Example assumes the following directives:
'    Imports System.Data.SqlClient
'    Imports System.Xml
'    Imports System.Data.SqlTypes

Private Sub GetXmlData(ByVal connectionString As String)
    Using connection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(connectionString)
        connection.Open()

        'The query includes two specific customers for simplicity's 
        'sake. A more realistic approach would use a parameter
        'for the CustomerID criteria. The example selects two rows
        'in order to demonstrate reading first from one row to 
        'another, then from one node to another within the xml
        'column.
        Dim commandText As String = _
         "SELECT Demographics from Sales.Store WHERE " & _
         "CustomerID = 3 OR CustomerID = 4"

        Dim commandSales As New SqlCommand(commandText, connection)

        Dim salesReaderData As SqlDataReader = commandSales.ExecuteReader()

        ' Multiple rows are returned by the SELECT, so each row
        ' is read and an XmlReader (an xml data type) is set to the 
        ' value of its first (and only) column.
        Dim countRow As Integer = 1
        While salesReaderData.Read()
            ' Must use GetSqlXml here to get a SqlXml type. 
            ' GetValue returns a string instead of SqlXml.
            Dim salesXML As SqlXml = _
             salesReaderData.GetSqlXml(0)
            Dim salesReaderXml As XmlReader = salesXML.CreateReader()

            Console.WriteLine("-----Row " & countRow & "-----")

            ' Move to the root.
            salesReaderXml.MoveToContent()

            ' We know each node type is either Element or Text.
            ' All elements within the root are string values. 
            ' For this simple example, no elements
            ' are empty.
            While salesReaderXml.Read()
                If salesReaderXml.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element Then
                    Dim elementLocalName As String = _
                     salesReaderXml.LocalName
                    salesReaderXml.Read()
                    Console.WriteLine(elementLocalName & ": " & _
                     salesReaderXml.Value)
                End If
            End While
            countRow = countRow + 1
        End While
    End Using
End Sub

// Example assumes the following directives:
//     using System.Data.SqlClient;
//     using System.Xml;
//     using System.Data.SqlTypes;

static void GetXmlData(string connectionString)
{
    using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
    {
        connection.Open();

        // The query includes two specific customers for simplicity's 
        // sake. A more realistic approach would use a parameter
        // for the CustomerID criteria. The example selects two rows
        // in order to demonstrate reading first from one row to 
        // another, then from one node to another within the xml column.
        string commandText =
            "SELECT Demographics from Sales.Store WHERE " +
            "CustomerID = 3 OR CustomerID = 4";

        SqlCommand commandSales = new SqlCommand(commandText, connection);

        SqlDataReader salesReaderData = commandSales.ExecuteReader();

        //  Multiple rows are returned by the SELECT, so each row
        //  is read and an XmlReader (an xml data type) is set to the 
        //  value of its first (and only) column. 
        int countRow = 1;
        while (salesReaderData.Read())
        //  Must use GetSqlXml here to get a SqlXml type. 
        //  GetValue returns a string instead of SqlXml. 
        {
            SqlXml salesXML =
                salesReaderData.GetSqlXml(0);
            XmlReader salesReaderXml = salesXML.CreateReader();
            Console.WriteLine("-----Row " + countRow + "-----");

            //  Move to the root. 
            salesReaderXml.MoveToContent();

            //  We know each node type is either Element or Text.
            //  All elements within the root are string values. 
            //  For this simple example, no elements are empty. 
            while (salesReaderXml.Read())
            {
                if (salesReaderXml.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
                {
                    string elementLocalName =
                        salesReaderXml.LocalName;
                    salesReaderXml.Read();
                    Console.WriteLine(elementLocalName + ": " +
                        salesReaderXml.Value);
                }
            }
            countRow = countRow + 1;
        }
    }
}

请参见

概念

SQL Server 中的 XML 数据 (ADO.NET)

参考

SqlXml