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–> Question:

We have SQL audit information.
We would like to select XML column in some user friendly way.

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[audit](
	[server_instance_name] [NVARCHAR](128) NULL,
	[statement] [NVARCHAR](4000) NULL,
	[additional_information] XML NULL
)


INSERT INTO [dbo].[audit]([server_instance_name],[statement],[additional_information]) 
VALUES('srv1','sp_addlinkedsrvlogin','')

INSERT INTO [dbo].[audit]([server_instance_name],[statement],[additional_information]) 
VALUES('srv2','','<action_info xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/sqlaudit_data"><session><![CDATA[Audit$A]]></session><action>event enabled</action><startup_type>manual</startup_type><object><![CDATA[audit_event]]></object></action_info>')

SELECT * FROM [dbo].[audit]

Output of the XML column: