Azure Data Factory Copy Data using XML Source - azure

Question

Lets assume I have a simple XML file source which I've mapped to a corresponding sink in my SQL server database.
<Date Date="2020-03-13Z">
<Identification>
<Identifier>Maverick</Identifier>
</Identification>
<Pilot HomeAirport="New York">
<AirportICAOCode>USA</AirportICAOCode>
</Pilot>
</Date>
And then the schema
CREATE TABLE pilots
identifier VARCHAR(20),
ICAO_code VARCHAR(3)
)
I created a stored procedure in my sql server database that takes an input of the user-defined table type pilots_type which corresponds to the above schema to merge my data correctly.
But the pipeline fails when run with the error:
{
"errorCode": "2200",
"message": "ErrorCode=UserErrorInvalidPluginType,'Type=Microsoft.DataTransfer.Common.Shared.PluginNotRegisteredException,Message=Invalid type 'XmlFormat' is provided in 'format'. Please correct the type in payload and retry.,Source=Microsoft.DataTransfer.ClientLibrary,'",
"failureType": "UserError",
"target": "Sink XML",
"details": []
}
See image
Here the source is a blob that contains the XML.
Is XML not supported as a source after all?

Answer 1

XML is supported as a source.
I've made a same test according to your sample xml file and sql table successfully.
I created a Table Type named ct_pilot_type:
CREATE TYPE ct_pilot_type AS TABLE(
identifier nvarchar(MAX),
ICAO_code nvarchar(MAX)
)
I created the stored procedure named spUpsertPolit:
CREATE PROCEDURE spUpsertPolit
#polit ct_pilot_type READONLY
AS
BEGIN
MERGE [dbo].[pilot_airports] AS target_sqldb
USING #polit AS source_tblstg
ON (target_sqldb.identifier = source_tblstg.identifier)
WHEN MATCHED THEN
UPDATE SET
identifier = source_tblstg.identifier,
ICAO_code = source_tblstg.ICAO_code
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT (
identifier,
ICAO_code
)
VALUES (
source_tblstg.identifier,
source_tblstg.ICAO_code
);
END
I set the sink in the Copy activity:
I set the mapping:
It cpoied successfully:
The result shows: