How do I insert text into empty xml element in sql server 2005?

Hello

I have the following xml data stored in an xml datatype colmun in sql
server 2005:

<webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
<createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
<title>Themes</title>
<icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
<pagetext />
</webpage>

I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
the pagetext element, i.e.

...
<pagetext>
Some content goes here.
</pagetext>
...

I've tried to achieve this using the query below:

update tbl_tree SET theTree.modify(' replace value of (//*[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/title/text())[1] with
sql:variable("@.someContent")')

but it doesn't work. Is this because you can't 'modify' an empty
element such as '<pagetext/>'

I thought about inserting a node such as '<pagetext>Some content goes
here.</pagetext>'- this would solve the problem only until such time as
the element has its contents removed at which point it will become
<pagetext/> again.

Is there a way to do this?

Any help very much appreciated.

For those interested, this has now been answered via a newsgroup here:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.xml/browse_thread/thread/424e62d11c396b3e/bab10449576dccd8#bab10449576dccd8

How do I insert text into empty xml element in sql server 2005?

Hello
I have the following xml data stored in an xml datatype colmun in sql
server 2005:
<webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
<createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
<title>Themes</title>
<icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
<pagetext />
</webpage>
I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
the pagetext element, i.e.
...
<pagetext>
Some content goes here.
</pagetext>
...
I've tried to achieve this using the query below:
update tbl_tree SET theTree.modify(' replace value of
(//*[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/title/text())[1] with
sql:variable("@.someContent")')
but it doesn't work. Is this because you can't 'modify' an empty
element such as '<pagetext/>'
I thought about inserting a node such as '<pagetext>Some content goes
here.</pagetext>'- this would solve the problem only until such time as
the element has its contents removed at which point it will become
<pagetext/> again.
Is there a way to do this?
Any help very much appreciated.
PeterYou would need an IF_DML statement that unfortunately did not make it into
SQL Server 2005. Please send an email to sqlwish at microsoft.com with your
use case and request.
Here is a workaround: You first update all those pagetext elements that have
no content with an insert and then do your normal replace value of.
declare @.x xml;
set @.x = N'<webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
<createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
<title>Themes</title>
<icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
<pagetext />
</webpage>';
declare @.focusID uniqueidentifier;
set @.focusID = '935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184';
declare @.someContent nvarchar(50);
set @.someContent= N'this is a test';
--I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
--the pagetext element, i.e.
SET @.x.modify('insert text {"x"}
into /webpage[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/pagetext[not(text())][1]');
select @.x;
SET @.x.modify('replace value of
(/webpage[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/pagetext/text())[1] with
sql:variable("@.someContent")');
select @.x
Best regards
Michael
<firechaser@.talk21.com> wrote in message
news:1127893569.480367.18870@.g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hello
> I have the following xml data stored in an xml datatype colmun in sql
> server 2005:
> <webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
> <createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
> <title>Themes</title>
> <icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
> <pagetext />
> </webpage>
> I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
> the pagetext element, i.e.
> ...
> <pagetext>
> Some content goes here.
> </pagetext>
> ...
> I've tried to achieve this using the query below:
> update tbl_tree SET theTree.modify(' replace value of
> (//*[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/title/text())[1] with
> sql:variable("@.someContent")')
> but it doesn't work. Is this because you can't 'modify' an empty
> element such as '<pagetext/>'
> I thought about inserting a node such as '<pagetext>Some content goes
> here.</pagetext>'- this would solve the problem only until such time as
> the element has its contents removed at which point it will become
> <pagetext/> again.
> Is there a way to do this?
> Any help very much appreciated.
> Peter
>|||Thanks Michael - I appreciate your help.sql

How do I insert text into empty xml element in sql server 2005?

Hello
I have the following xml data stored in an xml datatype colmun in sql
server 2005:
<webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
<createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
<title>Themes</title>
<icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
<pagetext />
</webpage>
I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
the pagetext element, i.e.
...
<pagetext>
Some content goes here.
</pagetext>
...
I've tried to achieve this using the query below:
update tbl_tree SET theTree.modify(' replace value of
(//*[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/title/text())[1] with
sql:variable("@.someContent")')
but it doesn't work. Is this because you can't 'modify' an empty
element such as '<pagetext/>'
I thought about inserting a node such as '<pagetext>Some content goes
here.</pagetext>'- this would solve the problem only until such time as
the element has its contents removed at which point it will become
<pagetext/> again.
Is there a way to do this?
Any help very much appreciated.
Peter
You would need an IF_DML statement that unfortunately did not make it into
SQL Server 2005. Please send an email to sqlwish at microsoft.com with your
use case and request.
Here is a workaround: You first update all those pagetext elements that have
no content with an insert and then do your normal replace value of.
declare @.x xml;
set @.x = N'<webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
<createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
<title>Themes</title>
<icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
<pagetext />
</webpage>';
declare @.focusID uniqueidentifier;
set @.focusID = '935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184';
declare @.someContent nvarchar(50);
set @.someContent= N'this is a test';
--I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
--the pagetext element, i.e.
SET @.x.modify('insert text {"x"}
into /webpage[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/pagetext[not(text())][1]');
select @.x;
SET @.x.modify('replace value of
(/webpage[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/pagetext/text())[1] with
sql:variable("@.someContent")');
select @.x
Best regards
Michael
<firechaser@.talk21.com> wrote in message
news:1127893569.480367.18870@.g14g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello
> I have the following xml data stored in an xml datatype colmun in sql
> server 2005:
> <webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
> <createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
> <title>Themes</title>
> <icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
> <pagetext />
> </webpage>
> I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
> the pagetext element, i.e.
> ...
> <pagetext>
> Some content goes here.
> </pagetext>
> ...
> I've tried to achieve this using the query below:
> update tbl_tree SET theTree.modify(' replace value of
> (//*[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/title/text())[1] with
> sql:variable("@.someContent")')
> but it doesn't work. Is this because you can't 'modify' an empty
> element such as '<pagetext/>'
> I thought about inserting a node such as '<pagetext>Some content goes
> here.</pagetext>'- this would solve the problem only until such time as
> the element has its contents removed at which point it will become
> <pagetext/> again.
> Is there a way to do this?
> Any help very much appreciated.
> Peter
>
|||Thanks Michael - I appreciate your help.

How do I insert data from an Access db to a empty SQL database

Hi,

I'm new to VS2005 (vb.net) and here my situation

I have form with a dataset1 (tbl1, tbl2, tbl3, tbl4) pulling data from a Access db. and showing it on the form1(databound)

I need to write what is on form1 to the empty dataset2 in SQL 2005 db

I have created a new DB in SQL 2005 with a Table SQL1 which has the same fields as on form1. Please can some one show me how do I do this. Please

Thanks in advance for your response.

-NM

You can use the Export functionality of Access.

See this post for details:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=295865&SiteID=1

|||

Thanks, Will do

-NM

how do i empty the transaction log

good day to everybody

I have here again encountered the problem that the transaction log came too big that it consume my 10 gig hardisk. How do I empty this in a simplest way.

I follow the error message to backup the transaction log to empty the table, but i think it's still the same. I did not see the difference, in short nothing happens. it doesn't empty the transaction log.

So what I did is make another database with different name (ex. tempdatabase), and import the tables including the record on the original database... then delete the original database which the transaction log got too big, and after that make a new database with the name of the original database and again import from the tempdatabase, and manually create the index for every table. It works OK, but is there any other way aside from my own way which is much easier and not time consuming.?

Thank you very much . . . and any help is very much appreciated.
MadixHi Madix,

Do you have any replications on the database whose log is too large? And if there is, is it transactional or merge replication? And what is the recovery mode of your database?

BACKUP LOG without NO TRUNCATE should help to make the logical log file shorter. But it may not reduce the size of a physical log file. You may consider to shrink the log (see BOL "Shrinking the transaction log").

Thanks,
-Peng|||actually sir, i use SQL Server database as my back-end database for my VISUAL FOXPRO front-end, and it has no other problem except that one. So I did not bother to study some of the feature of SQL capabilities. I do not know what the sql server is doing inside of my system.

I make a database, add a table, & select a key field in SQL Server then close it, set the back-up time, that's all i know in SQL. that is why when i encounter this problem, i've got a headache using my own way. it waste time. Maybe its time to know and ask from the experts what is the shortiest solution to solve this problem.

so far that is the only problem i encounter using it in Visual Foxpro.

Thanks for any help..

madix|||The simplest way to resolve this is to change the recovery mode to Simple.
This will remove the need for a transaction log, but may not meet your DR requirements.|||Hi,

U can also try this command below

DUMP TRAN <DATABASE NAME> WITH NO_LOG

Regards
Sachin