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    copied!<pre><code>declare @T table ( XMLCol xml ) insert into @T values ('&lt;AdultAsthma&gt; &lt;Group&gt; &lt;Question text="Act Score:" ForeColor="Green" /&gt; &lt;Controls&gt; &lt;Control type="Label" id="txtScore" text="Enter ACT Score:" ForeColor="Black"/&gt; &lt;Control type="TextBox" id="txtActScore" Answer="Answer" /&gt; &lt;/Controls&gt; &lt;/Group&gt; &lt;/AdultAsthma&gt; ') select XMLCol.value(N'(/AdultAsthma/Group/Question/@text)[1]', 'nvarchar(max)'), XMLCol.value(N'(/AdultAsthma/Group/Controls/Control/@Answer)[1]', 'nvarchar(max)') from @T </code></pre> <p>Update:</p> <p>When you need to shred your XML to multiple rows you can use <code>.nodes()</code> in a <code>cross apply</code>.</p> <pre><code>declare @T table ( XMLCol xml ) insert into @T values ('&lt;AdultAsthma&gt; &lt;Group&gt; &lt;Question text="Act Score:" ForeColor="Green" /&gt; &lt;Controls&gt; &lt;Control type="Label" id="txtScore" text="Enter ACT Score:" ForeColor="Black" /&gt; &lt;Control type="TextBox" id="txtActScore" Answer="" /&gt; &lt;/Controls&gt; &lt;/Group&gt; &lt;Group&gt; &lt;Question text="Do You Have Asthma?:" ForeColor="Black" /&gt; &lt;Controls&gt; &lt;Control type="RadioButton" id="rbHaveAsthmaYes" text="Yes" GroupName="Diagnosed" ForeColor="Black" Answer="False" /&gt; &lt;Control type="RadioButton" id="rbHaveAsthmaNo" text="No" GroupName="Diagnosed" ForeColor="Black" Answer="False" /&gt; &lt;/Controls&gt; &lt;/Group&gt; &lt;/AdultAsthma&gt; ') select X.N.value(N'(Question/@text)[1]', 'nvarchar(max)'), X.N.value(N'(Controls/Control/@Answer)[1]', 'nvarchar(max)') from @T as T cross apply T.XMLCol.nodes(N'/AdultAsthma/Group') as X(N) </code></pre>
 

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