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SQL function to split string into table

Sometime in SQL server we need to split a long character string....here I am writing function to split string.....with string and delimiter as parameter and it returns table of string as result.

Split Function
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[funSplit](
    @sInputList VARCHAR(8000) -- List of delimited items
  , @sDelimiter VARCHAR(8000) = ',' -- delimiter that separates items
) RETURNS @List TABLE (item VARCHAR(8000))

BEGIN
       DECLARE @sItem VARCHAR(8000)
       WHILE CHARINDEX(@sDelimiter,@sInputList,0) <> 0
        BEGIN
               SELECT
                @sItem = RTRIM(LTRIM(SUBSTRING(@sInputList, 1,
                                         CHARINDEX(@sDelimiter,@sInputList,0)-1))),
                @sInputList = RTRIM(LTRIM(SUBSTRING(@sInputList,
                                                CHARINDEX(@sDelimiter,@sInputList,0)
                                                + LEN(@sDelimiter), LEN(@sInputList))))

               IF LEN(@sItem) > 0
                INSERT INTO @List SELECT @sItem
        END

       IF LEN(@sInputList) > 0
        INSERT INTO @List SELECT @sInputList -- Put the last item in
        
       RETURN
END

Use this function as:

SELECT * FROM [funSplit] ('aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd,eee',',')

hope it helps...:)

Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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