I am working with sql server 2005 and I had a situation where many values can be passed in a parameter.
Based on this: Passing multiple values for one SQL parameter this procedure uses XML as a parameter.
here is the code of the stored procedure:
CREATE PROCEDURE [DENORMV2].[udpProductBulletPointSelectByTier1NoteTypeCode] (
@Tier1 VARCHAR(10),
@LanguageID INT,
@SeasonItemID VARCHAR(5) = NULL,
@ListNoteTypeCode XML,
@CacheDuration INT OUTPUT )
WITH EXECUTE AS 'webUserWithRW'
AS
SELECT pbp.Tier1, pbp.LanguageId, pbp.NoteText, pbp.NoteTypeCode,
pbp.NoteGroup, pbp.SortOrder
FROM dbo.ProductBulletPoint pbp
WHERE Tier1 = @Tier1
AND LanguageId = @LanguageID
AND ( SeasonItemId = @SeasonItemID
OR
@SeasonItemID is null
)
AND pbp.NoteTypeCode IN (
SELECT NoteTypeCode=BulletPoint.NoteTypeCode.value('./text()[1]', 'varchar(50)')
FROM @ListNoteTypeCode.nodes('/BulletPoint/NoteTypeCode') AS BulletPoint ( NoteTypeCode )
)
SELECT @CacheDuration = Duration
FROM dbo.CacheDuration
WHERE [Key] = 'Product'
GO
more info about this procedure here
this is an example of how it can be called:
declare @p5 int set @p5=86400
exec DenormV2.udpProductBulletPointSelectByTier1NoteTypeCode
@Tier1=N'WW099',
@LanguageID=3,
@SeasonItemID=N'16AUT',
@ListNoteTypeCode=N'<BulletPoint><NoteTypeCode>GarmentComposition</NoteTypeCode><NoteTypeCode>FootwearAccessoryComposition</NoteTypeCode></BulletPoint>',
@CacheDuration=@p5 output select @p5
Question:
what is the best way to find out whether or not the parameter @ListNoteTypeCode XML
is empty?
what if they call this procedure like this:
declare @p5 int set @p5=86400
exec DenormV2.udpProductBulletPointSelectByTier1NoteTypeCode
@Tier1=N'WW099',
@LanguageID=3,
@SeasonItemID=N'16AUT',
@ListNoteTypeCode=N'',
@CacheDuration=@p5 output select @p5
as it was suggested here I could avoid the select altogether by testing the parameter @ListNoteTypeCode
.
My main goal in this scenario is to retrieve the data in the best possible performance, since this procedure is not cached in the web-servers and is called over a million times a day.
Best Answer
You may check for
NULL
and nodes absence (exist
method ofxml
type):Your XPath can be more specific, if necessary: