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AskSQLTeam
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 Posted - 2006-01-11 : 08:16:01
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| Mike writes "I have a table in a database. It has an ID and a string with delimiters.ID STRING-- -------1 Great:Not Great ; Wonderful:Not Wonderful2 New:Old ; Broken:FixedI can use the SUBSTRING to get the first set, but on the last set. Split1 Split2 Split3------ --------- -------Great Not Great Wonderful:Not WonderfulNew Old Broken:FixedThere are two delimiters, one for the group ";" and the other for the pair ":". It is also possible to have X number of groups in the row. How would I parse this into separate rows to look like something below?Split1 Split2 Split3 Split4------ --------- ------- ------Great Not Great Wonderful Not WonderfulNew Old Broken FixedThank you!Mike" |
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Srinika
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Posted - 2006-01-11 : 10:50:43
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| Write ur own function to do the task.Check for the String related functions in BOL |
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madhivanan
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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2006-01-12 : 03:24:03
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| I have put some functions here [url]http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=50044[/url] that may start you off. There are also some other links in that thread that you may find usefulsteve-----------Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! |
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Spliting this string