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Hi,I been reading various web pages trying to figure out how I can extract some simple information from the XML below, but at present I cannot understand it.
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For each text field in the SQL table contain the XML I need to know the OldVal and the NewVal.
<ProductMergeAudit> <before> <table name="table1" description="Test Desc"> <product id="OldVal"> </table> </before> <after> <table name="table1" description="Test Desc"> <product id="NewVal"> </table> </after></ProductMergeAudit>

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--blindman, 11/04
--FormatName parses a NameString into its component parts and returns it in a requested format.
--
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--[h] = Abbreviated honorific
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Declare@Suffix varchar(20)
Declare@TempString varchar(100)
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begin
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begin
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--Create the output string
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begin
if @IgnorePeriod = 'F' or left(@NameFormat, 1) <> '.'
begin
set @IgnorePeriod = 'F'
set @TempString = @TempString +
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when 'Dr' then 'Doctor'
when 'Rev' then 'Reverend'
when 'Hon' then 'Honorable'
when 'Maj' then 'Major'
when 'Pvt' then 'Private'
when 'Lt' then 'Lieutenant'
when 'Capt' then 'Captain'
when 'Cpt' then 'Captain'
when 'Cmd' then 'Commander'
when 'Gen' then 'General'
when 'Sgt' then 'Sergeant'
when 'Cpl' then 'Corporal'
else isnull(@Honorific, '')
end
when '70' then isnull(@FirstName, '')
when '77' then isnull(@MiddleName, '')
when '76' then isnull(@LastName, '')
when '83' then case @Suffix
when 'Jr' then 'Junior'
when 'Sr' then 'Senior'
when 'Esq' then 'Esquire'
else isnull(@Suffix, '')
end
when '104' then case @Honorific
when 'Doctor' then 'Dr'
when 'Reverend' then 'Rev'
when 'Honorable' then 'Hon'
when 'Major' then 'Maj'
when 'Private' then 'Pvt'
when 'Lieutenant' then 'Lt'
when 'Captain' then 'Capt'
when 'Cpt' then 'Capt'
when 'Commander' then 'Cmd'
when 'General' then 'Gen'
when 'Sergeant' then 'Sgt'
when 'Corporal' then 'Cpl'
else isnull(@Honorific, '')
end
when '102' then isnull(left(@FirstName, 1), '')
when '109' then isnull(left(@MiddleName, 1), '')
when '108' then isnull(left(@LastName, 1), '')
when '115' then case @Suffix
when 'Junior' then 'Jr'
when 'Senior' then 'Sr'
when 'Esquire' then 'Esq'
else isnull(@Suffix, '')
end
when '46' then case right(@TempString, 1)
when ' ' then ''
else '.'
end
when '44' then case right(@TempString, 1)
when ' ' then ''
else ','
end
when '32' then case right(@TempString, 1)
when ' ' then ''
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end
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end
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or (ascii(left(@NameFormat, 1)) = 115 and @Suffix in ('II', 'III')))
set @IgnorePeriod = 'T'
end
set @NameFormat = right(@NameFormat, len(@NameFormat) - 1)
end

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http://www.ttz.uni-magdeburg.de/scripts/test-messedb/php/index.php?option=show_presse&funktion=presse_show_mitteilung&id=333

How can I set the text limit to unlimited?
Could it be something else?
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Thanks in advance for any help you can give me,
Chris

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