XMLParser Example: Ancestor | Teradata Vantage - XMLParser Example: Ancestor - Teradata Vantage

Input

• xml_input1, as in XMLParser Example: Sibling and Sibling_Delimiter

SQL Call

SELECT * FROM XMLParser (
  ON xml_input1
  USING
  TextColumn ('xmldocument')
  Nodes ('temperature/read:type','storage/{used, total}')
  Sibling ('settopid:{type, length}','accountid')
  Ancestor ('setTopRpt')
  OutputColumnNodeID ('nid')
  MaxItemNum (1)
  Accumulate ('xid')
) AS dt;

Output

The output table has the node and sibling values of the specified ancestor, setTopRpt.

 xid nid out_parent_node settopid settopid_type settopid_length accountid read read_type  used total 
 --- --- --------------- -------- ------------- --------------- --------- ---- ---------- ---- ----- 
   2   1 temperature     ST789    string        5               8728      46   bigDecimal           
   2   2 storage         ST789    string        5               8728                      98   300

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