Passing IDs to Stored Procs Using XML

Passing IDs to Stored Procs Using XML

by JBrooks 15. October 2010 10:58

In the past we would use a Varchar to pass a comma delimited list of IDs to a stored proc. We would then build a big varchar string of the full SQL and run the dynamic SQL.  Starting with SQL Server 2005 you can pass the stored proc XML and do your select without using dynamic SQL.

The stored proc would look something like:

 
create proc [dbo].[getLocationTypes](@locationIds XML,
@typeIds XML=null)
as  
begin  
set nocount on  
 
   
SELECT locationId, typeId
FROM xrefLocationTypes 
WHERE locationId 
IN (SELECT Item.value('.', 'int' )
FROM @locationIDs.nodes('IDList/ID') AS x(Item))
AND (typeId IN
 (SELECT Item.value('.', 'int' )
FROM @typeIds.nodes('IDList/ID') AS x(Item)))
ORDER BY 1, 2
  
end  
 
 
 
And then you would call this like:
 
 
EXECUTE dbo.getLocationTypes '<IDList><ID>1</ID><ID>3</ID></IDList>', 
'<IDList><ID>200</ID><ID>300</ID><ID>400</ID></IDList>'    
 

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