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mward
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Posted - 2010-08-25 : 04:42:44
Hi

I need a sql statement that will select from a nvarchar column and return the WORDS.

so:

"dog cat horse"

Returns:
dog
cat
horse

sakets_2000
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1472 Posts

Posted - 2010-08-25 : 04:48:52
go through this.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/SQL_UDF_to_Parse_a_String.aspx
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Transact Charlie
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3451 Posts

Posted - 2010-08-25 : 09:13:03
That link does a lot more than you really require.

Here's a simple one

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[TC_FN_parseList] (
@parseString NVARCHAR(MAX)
, @delimiter NVARCHAR(20) = ','
)
RETURNS @parsedList TABLE (
[ID] INT PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1)
, [value] NVARCHAR(MAX)
)
AS BEGIN

DECLARE @delimiterPos INT

WHILE ( LEN(@parseString) > 0 )
BEGIN
SET @delimiterPos = CHARINDEX(@delimiter, @parseString)

IF @delimiterPos = 0 BEGIN
INSERT @parsedList ([value]) SELECT @parseString
SET @parseString = N''
END

ELSE BEGIN
INSERT @parsedList([value])
SELECT SUBSTRING(@parseString, 0, @delimiterPos)
SET @parseString = RIGHT(@parseString, LEN(@parseString) - @delimiterPos)
END
END
RETURN
END


Example of Use:

SELECT * FROM dbo.TC_FN_parseList ('dog cat horse', ' ')



Charlie
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Msg 3903, Level 16, State 1, Line 1736
The ROLLBACK TRANSACTION request has no corresponding BEGIN TRANSACTION
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