xml - XQuery [value()]: 'value()' requires a singleton (or empty sequence), found operand of type 'xdt:untypedAtomic *'

Question

I'm trying to insert rows into a table using a select from XML. I think I'm close. Where am I going wrong?

declare @xmldata xml;
set @xmldata = '<Database>
                  <PurchaseDetails>
                    <PurchaseDetail>
                      <Upc>72594206916</Upc>
                      <Quantity>77</Quantity>
                      <PurchaseDate>9/2010</PurchaseDate>
                      <PurchaseCity>Dallas</PurchaseCity>
                      <PurchaseState>TX</PurchaseState>
                    </PurchaseDetail>
                    <PurchaseDetail>
                      <Upc>72594221854</Upc>
                      <Quantity>33</Quantity>
                      <PurchaseDate>12/2013</PurchaseDate>
                      <PurchaseCity>Nashville</PurchaseCity>
                      <PurchaseState>TN</PurchaseState>
                    </PurchaseDetail>
                  </PurchaseDetails>
                </Database>'

insert into PurchaseDetails
(Upc, Quantity, PurchaseDate, PurchaseCity, PurchaseState)
select
    x.Rec.value('Upc','char(11)'),
    x.Rec.value('Quantity','int'),
    x.Rec.value('PurchaseDate','varchar(7)'),
    x.Rec.value('PurchaseCity','varchar(50)'),
    x.Rec.value('PurchaseState','char(2)')
from @xmlData.nodes('//Database/PurchaseDetails/PurchaseDetail') as x(Rec)

Answer 1

A co-worker had tackled a similar problem before. Here is what we came up with. NOT intuitive!

insert into PurchaseDetails
(Upc, Quantity, PurchaseDate, PurchaseCity, PurchaseState)
select
    pd.value('Upc[1]','char(11)'),
    pd.value('Quantity[1]','int'),
    pd.value('PurchaseDate[1]','varchar(7)'),
    pd.value('PurchaseCity[1]','varchar(50)'),
    pd.value('PurchaseState[1]','char(2)')
from @xmlData.nodes('//Database/PurchaseDetails') as x(Rec)
cross apply @xmlData.nodes('//Database/PurchaseDetails/PurchaseDetail') as i(pd)