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 CREATE TABLE xmlTest
(
 id INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
 doc XML
)
GO
INSERT xmlTest VALUES('<Person name="Vahid" />')
INSERT xmlTest VALUES('<Person name="Farid" />')
INSERT xmlTest VALUES('<Person name="Mehdi" /><Person name="Hamid" />')
GO

 SELECT doc.query('
for $p in //Person
where $p/@name="Vahid"
return <li>{data($p/@name)} has id = {sql:column("xmlTest.id")}</li>
')
FROM xmlTest

 <li>Vahid has id = 1</li>

 SELECT doc.query('
for $p in //Person
where $p/@name="Vahid"
return <li>{data($p/@name)} has id = {sql:column("xmlTest.id")}</li>
')
FROM xmlTest
WHERE doc.exist('
for $p in //Person
where $p/@name="Vahid"
return <li>{data($p/@name)} has id = {sql:column("xmlTest.id")}</li>
')=1

 SELECT * FROM
(
 (SELECT doc.query('
 for $p in //Person
 where $p/@name="Vahid"
 return <li>{data($p/@name)} has id = {sql:column("xmlTest.id")}</li>
 ') AS col1
 FROM xmlTest)
) A
WHERE CONVERT(VARCHAR(8000), col1)<>''

 DECLARE @number INT = 1
SELECT doc.query('
for $p in //Person
where $p/@name="Vahid"
return <li>{data($p/@name)} has number = {sql:variable("@number")}</li>
')
FROM xmlTest

 SELECT doc.query('/Person') FROM xmlTest

 DECLARE @doc XML
SET @doc = (SELECT * FROM xmlTest FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS)
SELECT @doc.query('/xmlTest/doc/Person')

 DECLARE @doc XML ='
<people>
  <person><name>Vahid</name></person>
  <person><name id="2">Farid</name></person>
  <person><name>Mehdi</name></person>
  <person><name>Hooshang</name><name id="1">Hooshi</name></person>
  <person></person>
</people>
'

 SELECT @doc.value('/people/person/name', 'varchar(50)')

 SELECT @doc.value('(/people/person/name)[1]', 'varchar(50)')

 SELECT @doc.query('/people/person/name')

 <name>Vahid</name>
<name id="2">Farid</name>
<name>Mehdi</name>
<name>Hooshang</name>
<name id="1">Hooshi</name>

 SELECT
tab.col.value('text()[1]', 'varchar(50)') AS name,
tab.col.query('.'),
tab.col.query('..')
from @doc.nodes('/people/person/name') AS tab(col)

 tab.col.query('.'),

 SELECT
tab.col.value('.', 'varchar(50)') AS name,
tab.col.query('data(.)'),
tab.col.query('.'),
tab.col.query('..')
from @doc.nodes('/people/person/name') AS tab(col)

 SELECT
tab.col.value('name[.="Farid"][1]', 'varchar(50)') AS name,
tab.col.value('name[.="Farid"][1]/@id', 'varchar(50)') AS id,
tab.col.query('.')
from @doc.nodes('/people/person[name="Farid"]') AS tab(col)

 DECLARE @tblXML TABLE (
 id INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
 doc XML
 )

INSERT @tblXML VALUES('<person name="Vahid" />')
INSERT @tblXML VALUES('<person name="Farid" />')
INSERT @tblXML VALUES('<person />')
INSERT @tblXML VALUES(NULL)

SELECT
id,
doc.value('(/person/@name)[1]', 'varchar(50)') AS name
FROM @tblXML

 CREATE PROCEDURE LookForPhysicalOps (@op VARCHAR(30))
AS
SELECT sql.text, qs.EXECUTION_COUNT, qs.*, p.*
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS qs
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(sql_handle) sql
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(plan_handle) p
WHERE query_plan.exist('
declare default element namespace "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/showplan";
/ShowPlanXML/BatchSequence/Batch/Statements//RelOp/@PhysicalOp[. = sql:variable("@op")]
') = 1
GO

EXECUTE LookForPhysicalOps 'Table Scan'
EXECUTE LookForPhysicalOps 'Clustered Index Scan'
EXECUTE LookForPhysicalOps 'Hash Match'

 WITH XMLNAMESPACES(DEFAULT N'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/showplan')
SELECT RelOp.op.value(N'../../@NodeId', N'int') AS ParentOperationID,
RelOp.op.value(N'@NodeId', N'int') AS OperationID,
RelOp.op.value(N'@PhysicalOp', N'varchar(50)') AS PhysicalOperator,
RelOp.op.value(N'@LogicalOp', N'varchar(50)') AS LogicalOperator,
RelOp.op.value(N'@EstimatedTotalSubtreeCost ', N'float') AS EstimatedCost,
RelOp.op.value(N'@EstimateIO', N'float') AS EstimatedIO,
RelOp.op.value(N'@EstimateCPU', N'float') AS EstimatedCPU,
RelOp.op.value(N'@EstimateRows', N'float') AS EstimatedRows,
cp.plan_handle AS PlanHandle,
st.TEXT AS QueryText,
qp.query_plan AS QueryPlan,
cp.cacheobjtype AS CacheObjectType,
cp.objtype AS ObjectType
FROM sys.dm_exec_cached_plans cp
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(cp.plan_handle) st
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(cp.plan_handle) qp
CROSS APPLY qp.query_plan.nodes(N'//RelOp') RelOp(op)

DECLARE @doc XML = '
<Invoice>
<InvoiceId>100</InvoiceId>
<CustomerName>Vahid</CustomerName>
<LineItems>
<LineItem>
<Sku>134</Sku>
<Quantity>10</Quantity>
<Description>Item 1</Description>
<UnitPrice>9.5</UnitPrice>
</LineItem>
<LineItem>
<Sku>150</Sku>
<Quantity>5</Quantity>
<Description>Item 2</Description>
<UnitPrice>1.5</UnitPrice>
</LineItem>
</LineItems>
</Invoice>
'

 SET @doc.modify('
insert <InvoiceInfo><InvoiceDate>2014-02-10</InvoiceDate></InvoiceInfo>
after /Invoice[1]/CustomerName[1]
')

SELECT @doc

<Invoice>
  <InvoiceId>100</InvoiceId>
  <CustomerName>Vahid</CustomerName>
  <InvoiceInfo>
        <InvoiceDate>2014-02-10</InvoiceDate>
  </InvoiceInfo>
  <LineItems>
...

 SET @x.modify('insert sql:variable("@x") into /doc[1]')

 The argument 1 of the XML data type method "modify" must be a string literal.

 SET @doc.modify('
insert attribute status{"backorder"}
into /Invoice[1]
')

SELECT @doc

 <Invoice status="backorder">
  <InvoiceId>100</InvoiceId>
....

 SET @doc.modify('delete /Invoice/LineItems/LineItem')
SELECT @doc

 <Invoice status="backorder">
  <InvoiceId>100</InvoiceId>
  <CustomerName>Vahid</CustomerName>
  <InvoiceInfo>
      <InvoiceDate>2014-02-10</InvoiceDate>
  </InvoiceInfo>
  <LineItems />
</Invoice>

 SET @doc.modify('replace value of
  /Invoice[1]/CustomerName[1]/text()[1]
  with "Farid"
')
SELECT @doc

 <Invoice status="backorder">
  <InvoiceId>100</InvoiceId>
  <CustomerName>Farid</CustomerName>
  <InvoiceInfo>
       <InvoiceDate>2014-02-10</InvoiceDate>
  </InvoiceInfo>
  <LineItems />
</Invoice>

 The target of 'replace value of' must be a non-metadata attribute or an element with simple typed content.

 DECLARE @tblTest AS TABLE (xmlField XML)

INSERT INTO @tblTest(xmlField)
VALUES
 (
'<Sample>
   <Node1>Value1</Node1>
   <Node2>Value2</Node2>
   <Node3/>
</Sample>'
)
 
DECLARE @newValue VARCHAR(50) = 'NewValue'

UPDATE @tblTest
SET xmlField.modify(
'insert text{sql:variable("@newValue")} into
  (/Sample/Node3)[1] [not(text())]'
)

SELECT xmlField.value('(/Sample/Node3)[1]','varchar(50)') FROM @tblTest

 UPDATE @tblTest
SET xmlField.modify(
'replace value of (/Sample/Node3/text())[1]
  with sql:variable("@newValue")'
)

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.7.4:

• Green squiggles and light bulb with "Macro in skipped region" message.
• F7 does not switch to code.
• F7 does not build anymore.
• F7 build does not work.
• LINK : error : Telemetry event upload failed: 'Failed to open connection to VCTIP'.
• AXML file doesn't open after update.
• F7 no longer toggles between the designer and the code.
• XAML Editor Error: Window is not supported in WPF project.
• WinForms View.ToggleDesigner does not work as it used to.
• Toggle designer key binding lost.
• F7 does not start a new build.
• F7 no longer toggles between Designer and Code views.
• There is a problem with structure definition in C language.
• Provisioning a new SQL Server and new SQL DB in a different region than the App Service plan fails.

Git Security Vulnerability

We also fixed a security vulnerability in Git that was disclosed by the Git community. The vulnerability can lead to arbitrary code execution when a user clones a malicious repository. This blog post has more information. 

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Logging is a big part of software development for many years now. One can argue that a logging mechanism is a must-have part of any application or library. I would agree with that statement. Logging has a crucial part to play in a scenario where you can’t use interactive debugging (that is, attaching a debugger like Visual Studio). It allows us to investigate errors after the problem already happened. In some cases, like Production Debugging, logs might be the only information you have.