I'm using Northwind to model the SQL I believe I'll need with my actual data for a Google Maps application. I think I've got the query working properly but when returned in XML the hierarchy is not the way I need it.
SELECT Marker.CustomerID
,Marker.CompanyName
,Marker.TotalAmount
,o.OrderID
,o.Freight
FROM
(
SELECT c.CustomerID
,c.CompanyName
,c.Address
,COUNT(o.freight) as TotalOrders
,SUM(o.freight) as TotalAmount
FROM Customers c
INNER JOIN Orders o
ON c.CustomerID = o.CustomerID
where c.CustomerID = 'ALFKI' or c.CustomerID = 'ANTON'
group by c.CustomerID
,c.CompanyName
,c.Address
) AS Marker
INNER JOIN Orders o
ON Marker.CustomerID = o.CustomerID
where Marker.CustomerID = 'ALFKI' or Marker.CustomerID = 'ANTON'
order by 1
for xml auto, root('root')
Here is the XML returned:
<root>
<c CustomerID="ALFKI" CompanyName="Alfreds Futterkiste">
<Marker TotalAmount="225.5800">
<o OrderID="10643" Freight="29.4600" />
<o OrderID="10692" Freight="61.0200" />
<o OrderID="10702" Freight="23.9400" />
<o OrderID="10835" Freight="69.5300" />
<o OrderID="10952" Freight="40.4200" />
<o OrderID="11011" Freight="1.2100" />
</Marker>
</c>
<c CustomerID="ANTON" CompanyName="Antonio Moreno Taquería">
<Marker TotalAmount="268.5200">
<o OrderID="10365" Freight="22.0000" />
<o OrderID="10507" Freight="47.4500" />
<o OrderID="10535" Freight="15.6400" />
<o OrderID="10573" Freight="84.8400" />
<o OrderID="10677" Freight="4.0300" />
<o OrderID="10682" Freight="36.1300" />
<o OrderID="10856" Freight="58.4300" />
</Marker>
</c>
</root>
The subquery using c as an alias for the customers table is unwanted in the XML; yet, it seems like I need it because CustomerID would be ambiguous since it is in both orders and customers. I would like to know how to show only o within Marker as mocked-up below:
<root>
<Marker CustomerID="ALFKI" CompanyName="Alfreds Futterkiste" TotalAmount="225.5800">
<o OrderID="10643" Freight="29.4600" />
<o OrderID="10692" Freight="61.0200" />
<o OrderID="10702" Freight="23.9400" />
<o OrderID="10835" Freight="69.5300" />
<o OrderID="10952" Freight="40.4200" />
<o OrderID="11011" Freight="1.2100" />
</Marker>
Normally, I've always thought it a bit "cooler" to use a subquery as in the OP but as commented, the CTE idea from @DVT produced same XML so I rewrote as follows. By avoiding the subquery and populating a temporary table, I was able to get the elements in the XML hierarchy as desired:
CREATE TABLE #TempMarkers
(
CustomerID nchar(5) NOT NULL,
CompanyName nvarchar(40) NOT NULL,
Address nvarchar(60) NULL,
TotalOrders int NULL,
TotalAmount money NULL
)
INSERT INTO #TempMarkers
(CustomerID
,CompanyName
,Address
,TotalOrders
,TotalAmount
)
SELECT c.CustomerID
,c.CompanyName
,c.Address
,COUNT(o.freight) as TotalOrders
,SUM(o.freight) as TotalAmount
FROM Customers c
INNER JOIN Orders o
ON c.CustomerID = o.CustomerID
where c.CustomerID = 'ALFKI' or c.CustomerID = 'ANTON'
group by c.CustomerID
,c.CompanyName
,c.Address
SELECT Marker.CustomerID
,Marker.CompanyName
,Marker.TotalAmount
,Marker.TotalOrders
,o.OrderID
,o.Freight
FROM #TempMarkers Marker
INNER JOIN Orders o
ON Marker.CustomerID = o.CustomerID
where Marker.CustomerID = 'ALFKI' or Marker.CustomerID = 'ANTON'
order by 1
for xml auto, root('root')