Sunday, March 9, 2008

How to split a string based on given character?

Ans:

Create[dbo].[split_value](@RowData varchar(max),@SplitOn nvarchar(5))

RETURNS @RtnValue table
(

Data varchar(max)
)
AS
BEGIN
Declare @Cnt int
Set @Cnt = 1

While (Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)>0)
Begin
Insert Into @RtnValue (data)
Select
Data = ltrim(rtrim(Substring(@RowData,1,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)-1)))

Set @RowData = Substring(@RowData,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)+1,len(@RowData))
Set @Cnt = @Cnt + 1
End

Insert Into @RtnValue (data)
Select Data = ltrim(rtrim(@RowData))

Return
END

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