Valores de coluna de XML do SQL
O SQL Server dá suporte ao tipo de dados xml, e os desenvolvedores podem recuperar conjuntos de resultados, incluindo esse tipo usando o comportamento padrão da classe SqlCommand. Uma coluna xml pode ser recuperada da mesma forma que qualquer coluna é recuperada (em um SqlDataReader, por exemplo), mas se você quiser trabalhar com o conteúdo da coluna como XML, deverá usar um XmlReader.
Exemplo
O aplicativo de console a seguir seleciona duas linhas, cada uma contendo uma coluna xml, da tabela Sales.Store no banco de dados AdventureWorks para uma instância do SqlDataReader. Para cada linha, o valor da coluna xml é lido usando o método GetSqlXml de SqlDataReader. O valor é armazenado em XmlReader. Observe que você deverá usar GetSqlXml em vez do método GetValue se desejar definir o conteúdo para uma variável SqlXml; GetValue retorna o valor da coluna xml como uma cadeia de caracteres.
Observação
O banco de dados AdventureWorks de exemplo não é instalado por padrão quando você instala o SQL Server. Você pode instalá-lo executando a Instalação do SQL Server.
// 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(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.
const string commandText =
"SELECT Demographics from Sales.Store WHERE " +
"CustomerID = 3 OR CustomerID = 4";
SqlCommand commandSales = new(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.
var 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)
{
var elementLocalName =
salesReaderXml.LocalName;
salesReaderXml.Read();
Console.WriteLine(elementLocalName + ": " +
salesReaderXml.Value);
}
}
countRow++;
}
}
}
' 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