declare @T table(XMLCol xml)insert into @T values('<Root xmlns="http://tempuri.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <Elem1 type="T1"> <DisplayName type="string" display="Display name">No this</DisplayName> <Name type="string" display="First name">John</Name> <TimeZone display="Time zone"> <children> <DisplayName type="string" display="Display name">GMT Standard Time</DisplayName> <HiddenName type="string" display="Hidden name">GMT</HiddenName> </children> </TimeZone> </Elem1></Root>')declare @Node1 varchar(50)set @Node1 = 'TimeZone'declare @Node2 varchar(50)set @Node2 = 'DisplayName'select N2.Value.value('.', 'varchar(100)') as Value from @T as T cross apply (select T.XMLCol.query('//*[local-name()=sql:variable("@Node1")]')) as N1(Value) cross apply (select N1.Value.query('//*[local-name()=sql:variable("@Node2")]')) as N2(Value)
