Load an XML doc from a file

I'm trying to do something similar to the code below, but I want to load the
XML document from a file on disk (ex.: c:\temp\mydoc.xml) instead of pasting
it into my code. Is there a way to do this in MSSQL 2005?
Thank you.
DECLARE @.idoc int
declare @.xmlDocument xml
set @.xmlDocument = N'<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gpx version="1.1"
creator="GMapToGPX 4.14 - http://www.elsewhere.org/GMapToGPX/"
xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1
http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
<rte>
<name>Gmaps Pedometer Route</name>
<cmt>Permalink: <![CDATA[Permalink temporarily unavailable.]]>
</cmt>
<rtept lat="32.45358" lon="-110.97512">
<name>Start</name>
<ele>901.73556</ele>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="32.4537" lon="-110.97549">
<name>Turn 1</name>
<ele>902.01902</ele>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="32.45377" lon="-110.97594">
<name>Turn 2</name>
<ele>901.95196</ele>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="32.45376" lon="-110.97653">
<name>Turn 3</name>
<ele>902.22324</ele>
</rtept>
</rte>
</gpx>'
EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @.idoc OUTPUT, @.xmlDocument, '<gpx
xmlns:gpxns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1"/>'
-- Execute a SELECT statement that uses the OPENXML rowset provider.
SELECT * FROM OPENXML (@.idoc, '/gpxns:gpx/gpxns:rte/gpxns:rtept',3)
WITH (lat float, lon float, name varchar(60) 'gpxns:name', ele float
'gpxns:ele')
Alain Quesnel
alainsansspam@.logiquel.com
www.logiquel.com
Alain Quesnel wrote:

> declare @.xmlDocument xml
> set @.xmlDocument = N'<?xml version="1.0"?>
One way is like this
SET @.xmlDocument = (
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(
BULK 'C:\dir\subdir\subdir\file.xml',
SINGLE_BLOB
) AS x
);
then you can use the variable @.xmlDocument as you have done before with
the stored procedure.
See the documentation here:
<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191184.aspx>

Martin Honnen -- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/