sp_xml_preparedocument go with error "Only one top level element is allowed in an XML document"

I'am trying to execute sp_xml_preparedocument and geting error "Only one top level element is allowed in an XML document"

my T-SQL commands:

DECLARE @aa XML
DECLARE @idoc int
SET @aa =(select * from db_name for xml auto, xmldata) 

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@aa now is

<Schema xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-data" xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes" name="Schema7">
<ElementType name="Person" content="empty" model="closed">
  <AttributeType name="preson_id" dt:type="i4" />
  <AttributeType name="Name" dt:type="string" />
  <AttributeType name="Surname" dt:type="string" />
  <AttributeType name="guid" dt:type="uuid" />
  <AttributeType name="version" dt:type="bin.base64" />
  <attribute type="preson_id" />
  <attribute type="Name" />
  <attribute type="Surname" />
  <attribute type="guid" />
  <attribute type="开发者_如何学运维version" />
 </ElementType>
</Schema>
  <Person xmlns="x-schema:#Schema7" preson_id="1" Name="Иван" Surname="Иванов" guid="2E739E87-3CA4-4ED8-ADD0-8B59957668B8" version="AAAAAAAAB9E=" />
  <Person xmlns="x-schema:#Schema7" preson_id="2" Name="Николай" Surname="Николаев" guid="BDC41C59-D70F-4B70-954E-4918B9516AF8" version="AAAAAAAAB9I=" />
  <Person xmlns="x-schema:#Schema7" preson_id="3" Name="Максим" Surname="Максимов" guid="740E57F3-56BA-48B8-92AF-978D7B1D2712" version="AAAAAAAAB9M=" />

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EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @idoc OUTPUT, @aa

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The XML parse error 0xc00ce555 occurred on line number 1, near the XML text ""
Msg 6602, Level 16, State 2, Procedure sp_xml_preparedocument, Line 1
The error description is 'Only one top level element is allowed in an XML document

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I'am new in this, and i need help))) An one more question - How parse timestamp type?

if i use

SET @aa =(select * from db_name for xml elements, root('root'), type) 

sp_xml_preparedocument works fine, OPENXML returns all values of my db_table, but timestamp values looks not the same as were..

Sorry for my bad English

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SELECT @aa returns

<Schema xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-data" xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes" name="Schema7">
<ElementType name="Person" content="empty" model="closed">
  <AttributeType name="preson_id" dt:type="i4" />
  <AttributeType name="Name" dt:type="string" />
  <AttributeType name="Surname" dt:type="string" />
  <AttributeType name="guid" dt:type="uuid" />
  <AttributeType name="version" dt:type="bin.base64" />
  <attribute type="preson_id" />
  <attribute type="Name" />
  <attribute type="Surname" />
  <attribute type="guid" />
  <attribute type="version" />
 </ElementType>
</Schema>
  <Person xmlns="x-schema:#Schema7" preson_id="1" Name="Иван" Surname="Иванов" guid="2E739E87-3CA4-4ED8-ADD0-8B59957668B8" version="AAAAAAAAB9E=" />
  <Person xmlns="x-schema:#Schema7" preson_id="2" Name="Николай" Surname="Николаев" guid="BDC41C59-D70F-4B70-954E-4918B9516AF8" version="AAAAAAAAB9I=" />
  <Person xmlns="x-schema:#Schema7" preson_id="3" Name="Максим" Surname="Максимов" guid="740E57F3-56BA-48B8-92AF-978D7B1D2712" version="AAAAAAAAB9M=" />

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An XML document must have one root element only - see W3C specification.

Thus in you case if Schema is the root element you cannot add the Person elements at the end

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Make sure that there is no duplicate entries for the record that you are trying to get