split the column values

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i have the following table

sno data
1 delhi, bombay, calcutta
2 bangalore, chennai

my output should be

sno data
1 delhi
1 bombay
1 calcutta
2 bangalore
2 chennai

how can i perform this?

Posted 23-Feb-14 22:36pm

kparun86

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See my past answer: A table cell contains multiple values separated by commas e.g A,B,C,D,A,E,C then how to remove the duplicate values[^]

And working example:

SQL

DECLARE @tmp TABLE (sno INT, data VARCHAR(30))

INSERT INTO @tmp (sno, data)
VALUES(1, 'delhi, bombay, calcutta'),
(2, 'bangalore, chennai')


;WITH CitiesCTE AS
(
    SELECT sno, LEFT(data,CHARINDEX(',', data)-1) AS City, LTRIM(RTRIM(RIGHT(data,LEN(data) - CHARINDEX(',', data)))) AS Remainder
    FROM @tmp
    WHERE CHARINDEX(',', data)>0
    UNION ALL
    SELECT sno, LEFT(Remainder,CHARINDEX(',', Remainder)-1) AS City, LTRIM(RTRIM(RIGHT(Remainder,LEN(Remainder) - CHARINDEX(',', Remainder)))) AS Remainder
    FROM CitiesCTE
    WHERE CHARINDEX(',', Remainder)>0
    UNION ALL
    SELECT sno, Remainder AS City, NULL AS Remainder
    FROM CitiesCTE
    WHERE CHARINDEX(',', Remainder)=0
)
SELECT *
FROM CitiesCTE
ORDER BY sno

Result:

1	delhi		bombay, calcutta
1	bombay		calcutta
1	calcutta	NULL
2	bangalore	chennai
2	chennai		NULL

Posted 23-Feb-14 22:42pm

Maciej Los

Updated 24-Feb-14 6:05am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-23T22:39:00

If you have a look at this: Using comma separated value parameter strings in SQL IN clauses[^] - it's intended for IN clauses when you use a parameter to pass the comma delimited list, but the function returns a table, so it would be simple for you to modify that to produce your output. You then just SELECT from the table to return the values.

OK...try this:
Create the SQL function:

SQL

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[CSVToTableWithId] (@ID INT, @InStr VARCHAR(MAX))
RETURNS @TempTab TABLE
   (tempid int IDENTITY(1,1) not null, 
   sno int not null,
   data NVARCHAR(MAX))
AS
BEGIN
    ;-- Ensure input ends with comma
	SET @InStr = REPLACE(@InStr + ',', ',,', ',')
	DECLARE @SP INT
DECLARE @VALUE VARCHAR(1000)
WHILE PATINDEX('%,%', @INSTR ) <> 0 
BEGIN
   SELECT  @SP = PATINDEX('%,%',@INSTR)
   SELECT  @VALUE = LEFT(@INSTR , @SP - 1)
   SELECT  @INSTR = STUFF(@INSTR, 1, @SP, '')
   INSERT INTO @TempTab(sno, data) VALUES (@ID,@VALUE)
END
	RETURN
END
GO

Then, use CROSS APPLY to fetch the values:

SQL

SELECT ca.sno, ca.data FROM MyTable t
CROSS APPLY (SELECT * FROM [CSVToTableWithId](t.sno, t.data)) ca