Example: Retrieving Product Model Information as XML

Example

USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT ProductModelID, Name
FROM Production.ProductModel
WHERE ProductModelID=122 or ProductModelID=119
FOR XML RAW;
GO

This is the partial result:

<row ProductModelID="122" Name="All-Purpose Bike Stand" />

<row ProductModelID="119" Name="Bike Wash" />

You can retrieve element-centric XML by specifying the ELEMENTS directive.

USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT ProductModelID, Name
FROM Production.ProductModel
WHERE ProductModelID=122 or ProductModelID=119
FOR XML RAW, ELEMENTS;
GO

This is the result:

<row>
  <ProductModelID>122</ProductModelID>
  <Name>All-Purpose Bike Stand</Name>
</row>
<row>
  <ProductModelID>119</ProductModelID>
  <Name>Bike Wash</Name>
</row>

You can optionally specify the TYPE directive to retrieve the results as xml type. The TYPE directive does not change the content of the results. Only the data type of the results is affected.

USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT ProductModelID, Name
FROM Production.ProductModel
WHERE ProductModelID=122 or ProductModelID=119
FOR XML RAW, TYPE ;
GO

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