Extract elements in xml to rows in select statement

Question

I have got xml column in my sql server 2008 database. XML sample in each row of my table

<document>
 <part1>
   <listitem>val1</listitem>
   <listitem>val2</listitem>
   <listitem>val3</listitem>
 </part1>
 <part2>
   <listitem>val4</listitem>
 </part2>
</document>

I would like to select all elements from all rows. From sample above I should get four rows with listitem value.

The answer is

select x.nd.value ('(.)[1]', 'varchar(250)') as ValuesFromXml
from TableWithXmlColumn t cross apply t.XmlContent.nodes (
'//listitem') x(nd);

Thanks for help

Answer 1

You can do it like this:

select Col.value('.', 'varchar(20)') 
from yourtable 
cross apply XmlColumn.nodes('//listitem') as NewTable(Col)