convert int to string in xml extract

Hi

while extracting the data from xml file to sql tables, there is one problem coming up... as in xml column u_type is of int datatype but the actual data is like 1B,1H... and after extraction 1,2 is going inside the sql table..

i tried using the cast function as cast(u_type,'varchar(4)') but it is not working.. getting warning

Cannot convert data <1H> into type <INTEGER>. Context: Column <Column u_type>.

Any idea

regards