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SQL Query - Parsing comma separated string


In this article we will see how to separate data one by one from a comma separated string.


First declare a variable to store articles in comma separated values.

DECLARE @DataString VARCHAR(200)
SET @DataString = 'ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#.NET, SQL, Javascript'

Add comma at last to @DataString

SET @DataString = @DataString + ','

Using while loop through all the topics in @DataString

WHILE (CHARINDEX(',', @DataString) > 0)
-- 
CHARINDEX is a SQL inbuilt function which returns the integer value if charecter is present in a string.
BEGIN
        -- To hold each topic
        DECLARE @Topics VARCHAR(30)
        -- Get the topic one at a time       
        SET @Topics = SUBSTRING(@DataString,0, CHARINDEX(',', @DataString))
        PRINT @Topics
   
        -- Reset the @DataString
        SET @DataString = SUBSTRING(@DataString, CHARINDEX(',', @DataString) + 1, LEN(@DataString))

END

Here is the out put of the above query

 
ASP.NET
 VB.NET
 C#.NET
 SQL
 Javascript

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