Sql Server does not (on my knowledge) have in-build Split function.Split function in general on all platforms would have comma-separated string value to be split into individual strings.In sql server, the main objective or necessary of the Split function is to convert a comma-separated string value (‘abc,cde,fgh’) into a temp table with each string as rows.
The below Split function is Table-valued function which would help us splitting comma-separated (or any other delimiter value) string to individual string.
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.Split(@String varchar(8000), @Delimiter char(1))
returns @temptable TABLE (items varchar(8000))
as
begin
declare @idx int
declare @slice varchar(8000)
select @idx = 1
if len(@String)<1 idx =" charindex(@Delimiter,@String)" slice =" left(@String,@idx" slice =" @String">0)
insert into @temptable(Items) values(@slice)
set @String = right(@String,len(@String) - @idx)
if len(@String) = 0 break
end
return
end
This can be used as:
select top 10 * from dbo.split('Chennai,Bangalore,Mumbai',',')
or
select top 10 * from dbo.split('123,657,635,',')
Note: It returns table level variable. We can use it in select stattement.
