example-renaming-the-row-element.md

title	Example: Renaming the <row> Element
description	View an example of renaming an XML row element by specifying an optional argument to RAW mode in the FOR XML clause.
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ms.date	05/05/2022
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ms.prod_service	database-engine
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ms.technology	xml
ms.topic	conceptual
helpviewer_keywords	RAW mode, renaming <row> example
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Example: Rename the <row> element

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For each row in the result set, the RAW mode generates an element <row>. You can optionally specify another name for this element by specifying an optional argument to the RAW mode, as shown in this query. The query returns a <ProductModel> element for each row in the rowset.

Example

SELECT ProductModelID, Name
FROM Production.ProductModel
WHERE ProductModelID = 122
FOR XML RAW ('ProductModel'), ELEMENTS;
GO

This is the result. Because the ELEMENTS directive is added in the query, the result is element-centric.

<ProductModel>
  <ProductModelID>122</ProductModelID>
  <Name>All-Purpose Bike Stand</Name>
</ProductModel>

See also

• Use RAW Mode with FOR XML