How to select value from strongly typed XML

Table Name: TableHasXML

has Column: XML_Column xml(XMLCollectionSchema)

XML data is similar to:

[root xmlns="http://thingswelovetohate.com/schema/2010/PinayProgrammer.xsd" ....]

[row ]

[column1]Things We Love to Hate[/column1]

[column2]http://www.thingswelovetohate.com[/column2]

[/row]

[row]

[column1]Pinay Programmer[/column1]

[column2]http://beingoyen.blogspot.com[/column2]

[/row]

....

[/root]

(yes, I know that was sloppy but blogger wouldn't let me just copy-paste my actual schema. Blogger treats any greater than/less than signs as HTML tags)

XML_Column.query('declare default element namespace "http://thingswelovetohate.com/schema/2010/PinayProgrammer.xsd";

data(/root/row[Column1="Things We Love to Hate"]/Column2)')

FROM TableHasXML

Result = http://www.thingswelovetohate.com

If your XML column or variable doesn't have a namespace then leave out the namespace declaration as well:

XML_Column.query('data(/root/row[Column1="Things We Love to Hate"]/Column2)') FROM TableHasXML

How to know if a string is part of an XML?

I have a table named "TempTable" with an XML column named "XML_Collection". Now I want to know if the string "My Valentine" appears in any of those XML rows.

I used the string manipulator: PATINDEX

SELECT * from TempTable WHERE PATINDEX('%My Valentine%', convert(varchar(max),XML_Collection)) > 0

Important notes:

• be sure to convert the XML type to varchar(max) first before using any string manipulator functions
• if PatIndex == 0 then that string pattern does not exist
• if PatIndex > 0 then that string pattern exists