SELECT Customers.CustomerID, Orders.OrderID
FROM Customers, Orders
WHERE  Customers.CustomerID = Orders.CustomerID
ORDER BY Customers.CustomerID
FOR XML RAW

 <row CustomerID="ALFKI" OrderID="10643" />
<row CustomerID="ALFKI" OrderID="10692" />

 SELECT Customers.CustomerID, Orders.OrderID
FROM Customers, Orders
WHERE  Customers.CustomerID = Orders.CustomerID
ORDER BY Customers.CustomerID
FOR XML RAW, ELEMENTS

 <row>
  <CustomerID>ALFKI</CustomerID>
  <OrderID>10643</OrderID>
</row>

 SELECT Customers.CustomerID,
Orders.OrderID
FROM Customers,
Orders
WHERE  Customers.CustomerID = Orders.CustomerID
ORDER BY
Customers.CustomerID
FOR XML RAW('Customer'), ELEMENTS XSINIL, ROOT('Customers'), XMLSCHEMA('http://MyCustomers')

 <Customers>
  <Customer xmlns="http://MyCustomers">
     <CustomerID>ALFKI</CustomerID>
     <OrderID>10643</OrderID>
  </Customer>

 SELECT Customers.CustomerID, Orders.OrderID
FROM Customers, Orders
WHERE  Customers.CustomerID = Orders.CustomerID
ORDER BY Customers.CustomerID
FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS

 <Customers>
  <CustomerID>ALFKI</CustomerID>
  <Orders>
     <OrderID>10643</OrderID>
  </Orders>
  <Orders>
     <OrderID>10692</OrderID>
  </Orders>
</Customers>

 SELECT 1 AS Tag,
NULL AS Parent,
Customers.CustomerID AS [Customers!1!CustomerID],
NULL AS [Order!2!OrderId]
FROM Customers
UNION ALL
SELECT 2,
1,
Customers.CustomerID,
Orders.OrderID
FROM Customers,
Orders
WHERE  Customers.CustomerID = Orders.CustomerID
ORDER BY
[Customers!1!CustomerID]
FOR XML EXPLICIT

 <Customers CustomerID="ALFKI">
  <Order OrderId="10643" />
  <Order OrderId="10692" />
  <Order OrderId="10702" />
  <Order OrderId="10835" />
  <Order OrderId="10952" />
  <Order OrderId="11011" />
</Customers>

 WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://somens' AS au)
SELECT
  CustomerID AS [@au:CustomerID],
  CompanyName AS [Company/Name],
  ContactName AS [Contact/Name]  
FROM Customers
 FOR XML PATH('Customer')

 <Customer xmlns:au="http://somens" au:CustomerID="ALFKI">
  <Company>
       <Name>Alfreds Futterkiste</Name>
  </Company>
  <Contact>
      <Name>Maria Anders</Name>
  </Contact>
</Customer>

 FOR XML PATH('Customer'), Type

 declare @data xml
set @data = (select * from openrowset(bulk 'c:\path\data.xml', single_blob) as x)

  for $p in doc("data.xml")/people/person
 where $p/age > 30
 return $p/name/givenName/text()

 SELECT @data.query('
 for $p in /people/person
 where $p/age > 30
 return $p/name/givenName/text()
 ')

 SELECT @data.value('/people/person/age', 'int')

 XQuery [value()]: 'value()' requires a singleton (or empty sequence), found operand of type 'xdt:untypedAtomic *'

 SELECT @data.value('(/people/person/age)[1]', 'int')

 Infer.exe people.xml -o schema.xsd

<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:element name="people">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" name="person">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="name">
                <xs:complexType>
                  <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element name="givenName" type="xs:string" />
                    <xs:element name="familyName" type="xs:string" />
                  </xs:sequence>
                </xs:complexType>
              </xs:element>
              <xs:element name="age" type="xs:unsignedByte" />
              <xs:element name="height" type="xs:string" />
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

 declare @schema xml
set @schema = (select * from openrowset(bulk 'c:\path\schema_1.xsd', single_blob) as x)

 CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION poeple_xsd AS @schema

 DECLARE @data XML(poeple_xsd)
SET @data = 'مانند قبل با همان محتوایی که در ابتدای بحث عنوان شد'
 

 SELECT @data.value('/people/person[1]/age', 'int')

 XQuery [value()]: 'value()' requires a singleton (or empty sequence), found operand of type 'xs:unsignedByte *'

 DECLARE @data XML(document poeple_xsd)

 DECLARE @x XML
SET @x=''
SELECT @x.query(
'
1,2
(: 1,2 :)
')

 DECLARE @x XML
SET @x=''
SELECT @x.query(
'
for $x in (1,2,3)
for $y in (4,5)
return ($x,$y)
')

 DECLARE @x XML
SET @x=''
SELECT @x.query(
'
1, <node/>
')

 XQuery [query()]: Heterogeneous sequences are not allowed: found 'xs:integer' and 'element(node,xdt:untyped)'

 XQuery [query()]: The name "p" does not denote a namespace.

 /books/book[1]/title/chapter

 XQuery [query()]: 'order by' requires a singleton (or empty sequence), found operand of type 'xs:integer +'

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.checkPerson(@data XML)
RETURNS BIT WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
BEGIN
   RETURN @data.exist('/people/person')
END
GO

CREATE TABLE tblXML
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
doc XML CHECK(dbo.checkPerson(doc)=1)  
)
GO

 INSERT INTO tblXML (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 1, '<people><person name="Vahid"/></people>'
)

INSERT INTO tblXML (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 2, '<people><emp name="Vahid"/></people>'
)

 The INSERT statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "CK__tblXML__doc__060DEAE8".
The conflict occurred in database "testdb", table "dbo.tblXML", column 'doc'.
The statement has been terminated.

 CREATE TABLE xml_tab
(
 id INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
 xml_col  XML
)

 INSERT INTO xml_tab
VALUES ('<people><person name="Vahid"/></people>')
INSERT INTO xml_tab
VALUES ('<people><person name="Farid"/></people>')

 CREATE FUNCTION getIdValue(@doc XML)
RETURNS int WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
BEGIN
  RETURN @doc.value('/*[1]/@Id', 'int')
END

 CREATE TABLE docs_tab
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
doc XML,
CONSTRAINT id_chk CHECK(dbo.getIdValue(doc)=id)  
)

 INSERT INTO docs_tab (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 1, '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)

INSERT INTO docs_tab (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 2, '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)

 The INSERT statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "id_chk".
The conflict occurred in database "testdb", table "dbo.docs_tab".
The statement has been terminated.

 CREATE TABLE Invoices
(
 doc XML,
 id AS dbo.getIdValue(doc) PERSISTED PRIMARY KEY
)

 INSERT INTO Invoices VALUES
(
 '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)
INSERT INTO Invoices VALUES
(
 '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)

 Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK__Invoices__3213E83F145C0A3F'.
Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Invoices'. The duplicate key value is (1).
The statement has been terminated.

 DECLARE @doc XML
SET @doc = '<foo bar="baz" />'
SELECT @doc.query('/foo/@bar')

 XQuery [query()]: Attribute may not appear outside of an element

 DECLARE @doc XML
SET @doc = '<foo bar="baz" />'
SELECT @doc.query('data(/foo/@bar)')

 DECLARE @x XML
SET @x = '<x>hello<y>world</y></x><x>again</x>'
SELECT @x.query('data(/*)')

 DECLARE @x XML
SET @x = '<x>hello<y>world</y></x><x>again</x>'
SELECT @x.query('string(/*)')

 XQuery [query()]: 'string()' requires a singleton (or empty sequence), found operand of type 'element(*,xdt:untyped) *'

 SELECT @x.query('string(/*[1])')

 SELECT @x.query('string(/)')

 DECLARE @x XML = '<age>12</age>'
SELECT @x.query('string(/age[1])')

 CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION root_el AS
'<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
                  targetNamespace="urn:geo">
      <xs:element name="Root" type="xs:string" />    
</xs:schema>
'
GO

 DECLARE @xmlDoc XML
SET @xmlDoc = '<g:Root xmlns:g="urn:geo">datadata...</g:Root>'
SELECT @xmlDoc.query('
declare namespace g="urn:geo";
/g:Root/text()
')

 DECLARE @xmlDoc XML(root_el)
SET @xmlDoc = '<g:Root xmlns:g="urn:geo">datadata...</g:Root>'
SELECT @xmlDoc.query('
declare namespace g="urn:geo";
/g:Root[1]/text()
')

 XQuery [query()]: 'text()' is not supported on simple typed or 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#anyType'
elements, found 'element(g{urn:geo}:Root,xs:string) *'.

 DECLARE @xmlDoc XML(root_el)
SET @xmlDoc = '<g:Root xmlns:g="urn:geo">datadata...</g:Root>'
SELECT @xmlDoc.query('
declare namespace g="urn:geo";
data(/g:Root[1])
')

data(/age/text())

 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")'
)

 CREATE PRIMARY XML INDEX invoice_idx ON xmlInvoice3(invoice)
 SELECT * FROM sys.internal_tables

 SELECT * FROM sys.xml_index_nodes_325576198_256000

 sp_spaceused 'xmlInvoice3'

 --DROP INDEX invoice_idx ON xmlInvoice3

 SELECT * FROM xmlInvoice
WHERE invoice.exist('/Invoice[@InvoiceId = "1003"]') = 1

SELECT * FROM xmlInvoice3
WHERE invoice.exist('/Invoice[@InvoiceId = "1003"]') = 1

 CREATE XML INDEX invoice_path_idx ON xmlInvoice3(invoice)
 USING XML INDEX invoice_idx FOR PATH

 CREATE XML INDEX invoice_value_idx ON xmlInvoice3(invoice)
 USING XML INDEX invoice_idx FOR VALUE
 
 CREATE XML INDEX invoice_prop_idx ON xmlInvoice3(invoice)
 USING XML INDEX invoice_idx FOR PROPERTY

 SELECT * FROM xmlInvoice3
WHERE invoice.exist('/Invoice//CustomerName[text() = "Vahid"]') = 1

 SELECT * FROM xmlInvoice3
WHERE invoice.exist('/Invoice//CustomerName[. = "Vahid"]') = 1