How would you process an xml file in a report? For example, say a cursor has a field which stores an XML string of the following format:
<Field>
<Name>MyField1</Name>
<OldValue>123</OldValue>
<NewValue>3321</NewValue>
</Field>
<Field>
<Name>MyField2</Name>
<OldValue>ABC</OldValue>
<NewValue>NBC</NewValue>
</Field>
In the report I would like to show the above XML as:
Field: MyField1 Before: 123 After: 3321
Field: MyField2 Before: ABC After: NBC
Is the only way to accomplish this by using some UDF where on every row of the report a cursor is created from the XML and then parsed into a string and returned?
Or is there a simpler approach? Btw, I am open to suggestions to change the format of XML or to use another type of string instead of XML.
TIA.
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