Insert specific XML node in specific location using SQL

Question

I am looking for a way to insert a specific XML node in a specific location. Below is the example:

<Car>
     <Brand>Toyota</Brand>
     <Color>Red</Color>
     <Price>10000</Color>
</Car>

Say if I were to want to insert a node <Year>2012</Year> in between <Color> and <Price> node, what should I do?

Do note that replacing whole XML doc is not an option in my current scenario. Thanks

Answer 1

You can use XQuery insert ... after ... statement to insert Year element right after Color :

declare @xml XML = '<Car>
     <Brand>Toyota</Brand>
     <Color>Red</Color>
     <Price>10000</Price>
</Car>'

SET @xml.modify('
    insert <Year>2012</Year>
    after (//Color)[1]
')

SELECT @xml

output :

<Car>
  <Brand>Toyota</Brand>
  <Color>Red</Color>
  <Year>2012</Year>
  <Price>10000</Price>
</Car>