MS SQL 2000 - SQL Select with XPATH Where Clause

In MS SQL Server 2000, is there an easy way to use an XPATH statement in a
WHERE clause? I have a table with a TEXT column that contains XML. I would
like to query this table and select any rows where the XML data field meets
my XPATH criteria.
I'm attempting to avoid using cursors and sp_xml_preparedocument on each row
of data in the table, but with SQL Server 2000, that may be my only option.
Any help would be appreciated!Bryan (Bryan@.discussions.microsoft.com) writes:
> In MS SQL Server 2000, is there an easy way to use an XPATH statement in
> a WHERE clause?
Yeah, upgrade the instance to SQL 2005. :-)

> I have a table with a TEXT column that contains XML. I
> would like to query this table and select any rows where the XML data
> field meets my XPATH criteria.
> I'm attempting to avoid using cursors and sp_xml_preparedocument on each
> row of data in the table, but with SQL Server 2000, that may be my only
> option.
OPENXML is on the only XML support that SQL 2000 offers. I agree that a
cursor and preparedocument for each is not appealing. The other alternative
would be to bring the data to the client, but is probably even less
appealing.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
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