to_xml function

Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime

Returns an XML string with the struct or variant specified in expr.

Syntax

to_xml(expr [, options] )

Arguments

  • expr: A STRUCT or VARIANT expression.
  • options: An optional MAP literal expression with keys and values being STRING.

Returns

A STRING.

See from_xml function for details on possible options.

Examples

> SELECT to_xml(named_struct('a', 1, 'b', 2));
 <ROW><a>1</a><b>2</b></ROW>

> SELECT to_xml(named_struct('time', to_timestamp('2015-08-26', 'yyyy-MM-dd')), map('timestampFormat', 'dd/MM/yyyy'));
 <ROW><time>26/08/2015</time></ROW>

> SELECT to_xml(from_xml('<a>1</a><b>2</b>', 'variant'));
 <ROW><a>1</a><b>2</b></ROW>