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Creating multiple XML elements from related table

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dande

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Feb 14, 2002
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What syntax is required to have multiple elements generated to XML? Example 1 table of people relates to a table of phone numbers. The phone numbers table can have different types... home, cell, spouse...etc.

This is what I have MS SQL2008:
select
p1.id as '@id',
rtrim(p1.first) 'first',
rtrim(p1.last) 'last',
p2.id 'Phone/id',
rtrim(p2.phonetype) 'Phone/phonetype',
rtrim(p2.phonenumber)'Phone/phonenumber'
from person p1
left outer join phone p2 on p1.id = p2.personid
order by p1.last
for xml path('Person'),root ('People')

The output below has 2 of the same persons.. 1 for each related phone type.

How can I get phone element to repeat with the different related phone records?
<People>
<Person id="1">
<first>Tom</first>
<last>Wilson</last>
<Phone>
<id>1</id>
<phonetype>HOME</phonetype>
<phonenumber>(111)222-3333</phonenumber>
</Phone>
</Person>
<Person id="1">
<first>Tom</first>
<last>Wilson</last>
<Phone>
<id>2</id>
<phonetype>CELL</phonetype>
<phonenumber>(111)333-4444</phonenumber>
</Phone>
</Person>
</People>

Thanks in advance for any direction...
 
here is a quick attempt.

Code:
/*
DROP TABLE person 
DROP TABLE phone 
CREATE TABLE person (id int,[last] VARCHAR(50),[first] VARCHAR(50))
CREATE TABLE phone  (id int,personid INT,phonetype INT,phonenumber VARCHAR(50))

INSERT  INTO person VALUES  ( 1, 'ZZZ', 'AAA' )
INSERT  INTO person VALUES  ( 2, 'Bloggs', 'Joe' )

INSERT  INTO phone VALUES  ( 1, 1, 1, '000123' )
INSERT  INTO phone VALUES  ( 2, 1, 2, '000456' )
INSERT  INTO phone VALUES  ( 3, 1, 4, '000789' )
INSERT  INTO phone VALUES  ( 4, 2, 1, '000000' )
*/
SELECT  Person.id as 'PersonID',
        rtrim(person.[first]) 'First',
        rtrim(person.[last]) 'Last',
        Phone.id 'PhoneID',
        rtrim(Phone.phonetype) 'PhoneType',
        rtrim(Phone.phonenumber) 'PhoneNumber'
FROM    Person
        LEFT JOIN Phone ON Phone.personid = person.id
FOR     XML AUTO,
            ROOT('People'),
            ELEMENTS
 
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