Saturday, February 19, 2011

Split function in sql server 2005

 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 or @String is null  return      
      
    while @idx!= 0      
     begin      
        set @idx = charindex(@Delimiter,@String)      
        if @idx!=0      
            set @slice = left(@String,@idx - 1)     
         else      


             set @slice = @String      
        
        if(len(@slice)>0) 
           insert into @temptable(Items) values(@slice)      
 
        set @String = right(@String,len(@String) - @idx)      
         if len(@String) = 0 break      
    end  
 return      
 end


and run it like:

select  * from dbo.split('Kshama,Parashar,Pushkar',',')

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