How to pass XML from C# to a stored procedure in SQL Server 2008?

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Published on 2010-08-30T11:59:50Z Indexed on 2012/04/14 5:29 UTC
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I want to pass xml document to sql server stored procedure such as this:

CREATE PROCEDURE BookDetails_Insert (@xml xml)

I want compare some field data with other table data and if it is matching that records has to inserted in to the table.

Requirements:

  1. How do I pass XML to the stored procedure? I tried this, but it doesn’t work:[Working]

    command.Parameters.Add(
        new SqlParameter("@xml", SqlDbType.Xml)
        {
            Value = new SqlXml(new XmlTextReader(xmlToSave.InnerXml,
                               XmlNodeType.Document, null))
        });
    
  2. How do I access the XML data within the stored procedure?

Edit: [Working]

 String sql = "BookDetails_Insert";
        XmlDocument xmlToSave = new XmlDocument();
        xmlToSave.Load("C:\\Documents and Settings\\Desktop\\XML_Report\\Books_1.xml");

        SqlConnection sqlCon = new SqlConnection("...");
        using (DbCommand command = sqlCon.CreateCommand())
        {
            **command.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;**
            command.CommandText = sql;
            command.Parameters.Add(
              new SqlParameter("@xml", SqlDbType.Xml)
              {
                  Value = new SqlXml(new XmlTextReader(xmlToSave.InnerXml
                             , XmlNodeType.Document, null))
              });

            sqlCon.Open();
            DbTransaction trans = sqlCon.BeginTransaction();
            command.Transaction = trans;

            try
            {
                command.ExecuteNonQuery();
                trans.Commit();
                sqlCon.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                trans.Rollback();
                sqlCon.Close();
                throw;
            }

Edit 2: How to create a select query to select pages, description based on some conditions.

  <booksdetail> <isn_13>700001048</isbn_13> <isn_10>01048B</isbn_10>       
    <Image_URL>http://www.landt.com/Books/large/00/7010000048.jpg</Image_URL>   
    <title>QUICK AND FLUPKE</title> <Description> PRANKS AND JOKES QUICK AND FLUPKE </Description> </booksdetail> 

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