FOR XML PATH + file structure

Hey there,

I used the FOR XML PATH feature but the XML result is in only one line,
it does not conserve the XML structure (treeview). When I open the XML
file with IE, it s working very (I have the XML hierarchy) but when I
use Visual Studio or other tool to edit it, I ve just one line!

For example:
<children group=""><child firstname="" lastname=""></child>=""><child
firstname=""
lastname=""></child>.......................</children>.........

And I d like to have
<children group="">
<child firstname="" lastname=""></child>="">
<child firstname="" lastname=""></child>
.......................
</children>
...........

To give you an example of the query:

SELECTChild.group AS '@.group',

(SELECT firstnameAS '@.firstname',
lastnameAS '@.lastname'

FROM Collecte_Data_Extract cde

FOR XML PATH('child'), TYPE)

FROM Feed AS Child
FOR XML PATH('children'), TYPE

Any idea?
Many thanks in advanceVins (vbellet@.gmail.com) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

I used the FOR XML PATH feature but the XML result is in only one line,
it does not conserve the XML structure (treeview). When I open the XML
file with IE, it s working very (I have the XML hierarchy) but when I
use Visual Studio or other tool to edit it, I ve just one line!

Trying running the query in Mgmt Studio, and then double-click on the
XML document to open it the XML viewer. If you save from the viewer
you get the format you are looking for.

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
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http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx|||Thanks Erland but I want to do this dynamically, it s boring to do this
for each file (it s a daily report)

Other idea?|||Vins (vbellet@.gmail.com) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Thanks Erland but I want to do this dynamically, it s boring to do this
for each file (it s a daily report)

If it's a daily report, I assume that you run the program from a client.
Then I guess there is a suitable API that you can use to format your XML.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
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http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx