Split string with multiple characters in sql server 2008?

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Hi All,

I have a string variable in sql and i want to split with multiple characters Delimiter .

SQL

DECLARE @STR = VARCHAR(100)
SET @STR = 'ABC***PQR***XYZ***FIRST NAME***MOBILE NO.'

and i want to result like this:-

Items:
ABC
PQR
XYZ
FIRST NAME
MOBILE NO.

Please Help....

Thanks in advance...

Posted 27-Apr-15 21:49pm

PravinPrajapati

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2015-04-27T22:03:00

Solution 1

It's a poor idea - SQL is not good at string manipulations, that kind ofthing should be done in your presentation code, or better stored in your DB as separate fields to start with.

But it is possible: Converting comma separated data in a column to rows for selection[^] does it for a single comma, but it's pretty trivial to modify for three stars.

Posted 27-Apr-15 22:03pm

OriginalGriff

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PravinPrajapati 28-Apr-15 6:03am

Thank you for a reply but i don't have any other solutions so i need to do this from sql server side so please give a solution.

Thank you.

OriginalGriff 28-Apr-15 6:09am

Did you look at the link I gave you?

pratap420 · Answer 2 · 2015-04-28T05:49:00

Solution 2

Hi,

Try this

SQL

DECLARE @STR  VARCHAR(100)
SET @STR = 'ABC***PQR***XYZ***FIRST NAME***MOBILE NO.'

;with cte as
(
    Select CAST( '<i>'+replace (@STR ,'***','</i><i>')+'</i>'  as XML) as word

)
Select x.i.value ('.','nvarchar(100)')  as Items
from cte
cross apply word.nodes('/i') as X(i)

output

XML

Items
ABC
PQR
XYZ
FIRST NAME
MOBILE NO.

Posted 28-Apr-15 5:49am

pratap420

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PravinPrajapati 30-Apr-15 6:34am

Great Solution
Thanks. It's Work for me...

Thank You..