06. XML

SQL Server 2008 nos permite almacenar y manipular datos XML de forma nativa. Cuando ordenamos documentos XML, estamos limitados a un tamaño de 2GB y 128 niveles.

Debido a que el XML es nativo, debemos definir una estructura XML para que SQL comprenda lo que estamos metiendo, esto se hace definiendo un XML Schema Collection.

El siguiente comando crea un XML Schema Collection, este es un copy/paste del book online:

-- Create a sample database in which to load the XML schema collection.
CREATE DATABASE SampleDB
GO
USE SampleDB
GO
CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION ManuInstructionsSchemaCollection AS
N'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<xsd:schema targetNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/adventure-works/ProductModelManuInstructions" 
   xmlns          ="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/adventure-works/ProductModelManuInstructions" 
   elementFormDefault="qualified" 
   attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >

    <xsd:complexType name="StepType" mixed="true" >
        <xsd:choice  minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" > 
            <xsd:element name="tool" type="xsd:string" />
            <xsd:element name="material" type="xsd:string" />
            <xsd:element name="blueprint" type="xsd:string" />
            <xsd:element name="specs" type="xsd:string" />
            <xsd:element name="diag" type="xsd:string" />
        </xsd:choice> 
    </xsd:complexType>

    <xsd:element  name="root">
        <xsd:complexType mixed="true">
            <xsd:sequence>
                <xsd:element name="Location" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                    <xsd:complexType mixed="true">
                        <xsd:sequence>
                            <xsd:element name="step" type="StepType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
                        </xsd:sequence>
                        <xsd:attribute name="LocationID" type="xsd:integer" use="required"/>
                        <xsd:attribute name="SetupHours" type="xsd:decimal" use="optional"/>
                        <xsd:attribute name="MachineHours" type="xsd:decimal" use="optional"/>
                        <xsd:attribute name="LaborHours" type="xsd:decimal" use="optional"/>
                        <xsd:attribute name="LotSize" type="xsd:decimal" use="optional"/>
                    </xsd:complexType>
                </xsd:element>
            </xsd:sequence>
        </xsd:complexType>
    </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>' ;
GO
-- Verify - list of collections in the database.
select *
from sys.xml_schema_collections
-- Verify - list of namespaces in the database.
select name
from sys.xml_schema_namespaces

-- Use it. Create a typed xml variable. Note collection name specified.
DECLARE @x xml (ManuInstructionsSchemaCollection)
GO
--Or create a typed xml column.
CREATE TABLE T (
        i int primary key, 
        x xml (ManuInstructionsSchemaCollection))
GO
-- Clean up
DROP TABLE T
GO
DROP XML SCHEMA COLLECTION ManuInstructionsSchemaCollection
Go
USE Master
GO
DROP DATABASE SampleDB