Query on field of type XML – Top-level attribute nodes are not supported

 declare @x xml
set @x = ‘

Ae>

Jim

Joe

Be>

Sally

George>

‘

select
t.c.query(‘./UserName’).value(‘.’,’varchar(20)’) ,
t.c.query(‘../CompanyName’).value(‘.’,’varchar(20)’)
from @x.nodes(‘/root/Company/User’)as t(c)

This query works, but How would I get the ID attribute from the company element in the result set as well,  my attempts lead to the following error:
‘ XQuery [value()]: Top-level attribute nodes are not supported.  ‘

Thanks

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Solution: Query on field of type XML – Top-level attribute nodes are not supported

Yep…this is where it becomes a lot more complicated.  Two ways to solve it…one would be to use a FLWR query to get the value.  The other would be to use a subquery to do it….

declare @x xml
set @x = ‘

Ae>

Jim

Joe

Be>

Sally

George>

‘

select
t.c.query(‘./UserName’).value(‘.’,’varchar(20)’) ,
t.c.query(‘../CompanyName’).value(‘.’,’varchar(20)’),
(
select
t1.c1.value(‘@ID’, ‘varchar(10)’)
from @x.nodes(‘/root/Company’)as t1(c1)
where  t1.c1.query(‘.//CompanyName’).value(‘.’, ‘varchar(10)’) =
t.c.query(‘../CompanyName’).value(‘.’,’varchar(20)’)
)
from @x.nodes(‘/root/Company/User’)as t(c)