Retrieving XML element name using t-SQL

Question

If I have:

<quotes>
  <quote>
    <name>john</name>
    <content>something or other</content>
  </quote>
  <quote>
    <name>mary</name>
    <content>random stuff</content>
  </quote>
</quotes>

How do I get a list of the element names 'name' and 'content' using T-SQL?

The best I've got so far is:

declare @xml xml
set @xml = ...
select r.value('quotes/name()[1]', 'nvarchar(20)' as ElementName
from @xml.nodes('/quotes') as records(r)

But, of course, I can't get this to work.

Answer 1

Actually, sorry, the best I've got is:

select distinct r.value('fn:local-name(.)', 'nvarchar(50)') as t
FROM
    @xml.nodes('//quotes/*/*') AS records(r)

Guess I answered my own question...

Answer 2

DECLARE @xml as xml
SET @xml = '<Address><Home>LINE1</Home></Address>'

SELECT Nodes.Name.query('local-name(.)') FROM @xml.nodes('//*') As Nodes(Name)

This will give the list of all elements