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Convert XML to column to table

My input is an XML column in a SQL Server table as follows:

<word Entry="Ketab" Affix="miyanvand" Pos="esm" Derv="Jamed" />

Desired conclusion: the table is as follows:

Entry    | Affix       | Pos     | Derv
Ketab    | miyanvand   | esm     | Jamed
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If you are using SQL Server 2005+. Then maybe something like this:

DECLARE @xml XML=
'<word Entry="Ketab" Affix="miyanvand" Pos="esm" Derv="Jamed" />'

SELECT 
   Y.ID.value('(@Entry)[1]', 'Varchar(100)') as [Entry],
   Y.ID.value('(@Affix)[1]', 'Varchar(100)') as [Affix],
   Y.ID.value('(@Pos)[1]', 'Varchar(100)') as [Pos],
   Y.ID.value('(@Derv)[1]', 'Varchar(100)') as [Derv]
FROM @xml.nodes('/word') as Y(ID)

Or you can also do it like this:

DECLARE @xml XML=
'<word Entry="Ketab" Affix="miyanvand" Pos="esm" Derv="Jamed" />'

SELECT 
    @xml.value('(/word/@Entry)[1]', 'varchar(50)') as Entry,
    @xml.value('(/word/@Affix)[1]', 'varchar(50)') as Affix,
    @xml.value('(/word/@Pos)[1]', 'varchar(50)') as Pos,
    @xml.value('(/word/@Derv)[1]', 'varchar(50)') as Derv

Or if you have a table. Then something like this:

DECLARE @tbl TABLE(ID INT,someXML XML)
INSERT INTO @tbl
VALUES
    (1,'<word Entry="Ketab" Affix="miyanvand" Pos="esm" Derv="Jamed" />')

SELECT
    tbl.ID,
    Y.ID.value('(@Entry)[1]', 'Varchar(100)') as [Entry],
    Y.ID.value('(@Affix)[1]', 'Varchar(100)') as [Affix],
    Y.ID.value('(@Pos)[1]', 'Varchar(100)') as [Pos],
    Y.ID.value('(@Derv)[1]', 'Varchar(100)') as [Derv]
FROM
    @tbl AS tbl
    CROSS APPLY someXML.nodes('/word') as Y(ID)
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You can use the function valuein the XML column:

declare @t table (col1 xml)
insert @t values ('<word Entry="Ketab" Affix="miyanvand" />')

select  t.col1.value('(/word/@Entry)[1]', 'varchar(50)') as Entry
,       t.col1.value('(/word/@Affix)[1]', 'varchar(50)') as Affix
from    @t t
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