| title | XML Data (SQL Server) | Microsoft Docs | ||
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| ms.date | 04/03/2020 | ||
| ms.prod | sql | ||
| ms.prod_service | database-engine | ||
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| ms.technology | xml | ||
| ms.topic | conceptual | ||
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| ms.assetid | 6a1793c9-9856-485c-aac5-88fda62f61a8 | ||
| author | RothJa | ||
| ms.author | jroth |
[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] provides a powerful platform for developing rich applications for semi-structured data management. Support for XML is integrated into all the components in [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] and includes the following:
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The xml data type. XML values can be stored natively in an xml data type column that can be typed according to a collection of XML schemas, or left untyped. You can index the XML column.
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The ability to specify an XQuery query against XML data stored in columns and variables of the xml type.
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Enhancements to OPENROWSET to allow bulk loading of XML data.
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The FOR XML clause, to retrieve relational data in XML format.
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The OPENXML function, to retrieve XML data in relational format.
XML Data Type and Columns (SQL Server)
XML Indexes (SQL Server)
XML Schema Collections (SQL Server)
FOR XML (SQL Server)
OPENXML (Transact-SQL)
Examples of Bulk Import and Export of XML Documents (SQL Server)
XQuery Language Reference (SQL Server)
xml (Transact-SQL)