XMLParser Example 2: Ancestor - Teradata Vantage

Input

• xml_input1, as in XMLParser Example 1: 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')
  OutputColumn_NodeID ('nid')
  MaxItemNum (1)
  Accumulate ('xid')
) AS dt ORDER BY 1,2;

Output

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