XML Datatype Method – Query()

The Query() method is used to query the XML data using XQuery Expression

The Syntax is

query ('XQuery')

The below shows how to display the xml node where jobid is 1

SELECT JobHistory.query('/Job[@JobID=1]') FROM Employee

The below shows how to display the company name node where jobid is 1

SELECT JobHistory.query('/Job[@JobID=1]/CompanyName/text()') FROM Employee

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