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Disclaimer: I'm dealing with a rather old legacy system so any comments telling me about poor design are redundant, although I do genuinely appreciate any such sentiment. There is a new version that solves most legacy problems but we still have to maintain the old system, so basically, we have to manage for now.
I have a table that looks like this (yes, that is a single column, I know):
And I need a view (for reporting purposes) that will dynamically process the data in said table and return this:
The values are \n-delimited (shudder) and you can assume there will always be the same number of values in each cell (9 in the example, although other databases could have 4 or 12 or any number), although I suppose having NULL-insertion in the event of missing values couldn't hurt. They will also always be in a matching order (as in the example, 'AUD', 'Australian Dollar', and '$' are all the first values in their respective cells, and so on).
I've found various approaches to splitting a single cell out into a view, but nothing that covers merging data in such a way as I require. Sitting at home with a cold has not helped my research capabilities. Help me StackOverflow, you're my only hope!
Bonus points for tidy, relatively readable SQL examples, although I'm anticipating messiness as a natural by-product of the hackish nature of my required solution.
Something like this. I didn't take the time to build out the tables, but it should be fairly obvious where you can replace my variables with your rows. You will also want to do a replace char(10) where I have used commas. You could package it up in a table valued function and then call as a view.
declare #xml1 xml
declare #xml2 xml
declare #xml3 xml
declare #c1 nvarchar(250)
declare #c2 nvarchar(250)
declare #c3 nvarchar(250)
set #c1 = N'AUD,CAD,EUR,GBP,JPY,NZD,USD,KES,CHF';
set #c2 = N'Australian Dollar,Canadian Dollar,Euro,Pound Sterling,Yen,New Zealand Dollar,United States Dollar,Kenyan Shilling, Swiss Franc';
set #c3 = N'$,$,C,L,Y,$,$,K,F';
-- you'd use replace(#c1, char(10), '</r><r>') etc etc for /n delimited code
set #xml1 = N'<root><r>' + replace(#c1,',','</r><r>') + '</r></root>';
set #xml2 = N'<root><r>' + replace(#c2,',','</r><r>') + '</r></root>';
set #xml3 = N'<root><r>' + replace(#c3,',','</r><r>') + '</r></root>';
select code.code, name.name, symbol.symbol
from
(select ROW_NUMBER() over (order by ##rowcount) as ck,
c.value('.','varchar(max)') as [code]
from #xml1.nodes('//root/r') as a(c)) as code
inner join
(select ROW_NUMBER() over (order by ##rowcount) as nk,
n.value('.','varchar(max)') as [name]
from #xml2.nodes('//root/r') as a(n)) as name on code.ck = name.nk
inner join
(select ROW_NUMBER() over (order by ##rowcount) as sk,
s.value('.','varchar(max)') as [symbol]
from #xml3.nodes('//root/r') as a(s)) as symbol on symbol.sk = name.nk
You can run this as a single script in SSMS for verification that it works. No schema necessary.
Using Jeff Moden's Tally Ho! CSV splitter:
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[DelimitedSplit8K]
--===== Define I/O parameters
(#pString VARCHAR(8000), #pDelimiter CHAR(1))
--WARNING!!! DO NOT USE MAX DATA-TYPES HERE! IT WILL KILL PERFORMANCE!
RETURNS TABLE WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
RETURN
--===== "Inline" CTE Driven "Tally Table" produces values from 1 up to 10,000...
-- enough to cover VARCHAR(8000)
WITH
E1(N) AS (
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1
), --10E+1 or 10 rows
E2(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E1 a, E1 b), --10E+2 or 100 rows
E4(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E2 a, E2 b), --10E+4 or 10,000 rows max
cteTally(N) AS (--==== This provides the "base" CTE and limits the number of rows right up front
-- for both a performance gain and prevention of accidental "overruns"
SELECT TOP (ISNULL(DATALENGTH(#pString),0)) ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) FROM E4
),
cteStart(N1) AS (--==== This returns N+1 (starting position of each "element" just once for each delimiter)
SELECT 1 UNION ALL
SELECT t.N+1 FROM cteTally t WHERE SUBSTRING(#pString,t.N,1) = #pDelimiter
),
cteLen(N1,L1) AS(--==== Return start and length (for use in substring)
SELECT s.N1,
ISNULL(NULLIF(CHARINDEX(#pDelimiter,#pString,s.N1),0)-s.N1,8000)
FROM cteStart s
)
--===== Do the actual split. The ISNULL/NULLIF combo handles the length for the final element when no delimiter is found.
SELECT ItemNumber = ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY l.N1),
Item = SUBSTRING(#pString, l.N1, l.L1)
FROM cteLen l
;
and inline CTE data like this
with
data as (select Num,Currencies from (values
(1,'AUD'+char(10)+'CAD'+char(10)+'USD'+char(10)+'KES')
,(2,'Australian DOllar'+char(10)+'Canadian Dollar'+char(10)+'US Dollar'+char(10)+'Kenyan Shilling')
,(3,'$'+char(10)+'$'+char(10)+'$'+char(10)+'k')
)data(Num,Currencies)
),
The solution is as simple as this:
map as (select * from (values
(1,'Code')
,(2,'Name')
,(3,'Symbol')
)map(Num,Col )
)
select
ItemNumber
,max(Code) as Code
,max(Name) as Name
,max(Symbol) as Symbol
from (
select
map.Num
,map.Col
,c.Item
,c.ItemNumber
from data
join map
on map.Num = data.Num
cross apply dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(data.Currencies,char(10)) c
) t
pivot (max(Item) for Col in (Code,Name,Symbol)) pvt
group by ItemNumber
to give us:
ItemNumber Code Name Symbol
-------------- ---- -------------------- ---------------
1 AUD Australian DOllar $
2 CAD Canadian Dollar $
3 USD US Dollar $
4 KES Kenyan Shilling k
Hope this Helps. Run all together or replace the table variable with a temptable.
Sample Data:
IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#table') > 0
BEGIN
DROP TABLE #table
END
DECLARE #table TABLE(ATTRIBUTELVAUE VARCHAR(MAX))
INSERT INTO #table
SELECT
'AFN
ALL
DZD
USD
EUR
AOA
XCD
XCD
ARS'
INSERT INTO #table
SELECT
'Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina'
INSERT INTO #table
SELECT
'AF
AL
DZ
AS
AD
AO
AI
AG
AR'
Query:
IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#TEMP') > 0
BEGIN
DROP TABLE #TEMP
END
DECLARE #StartLoop INT
DECLARE #EndLoop INT
DECLARE #Code TABLE (ID INT IDENTITY(1, 1),
Code VARCHAR(250))
DECLARE #Name TABLE (ID INT IDENTITY(1, 1),
Name VARCHAR(250))
DECLARE #Symbol TABLE (ID INT IDENTITY(1, 1),
Symbol VARCHAR(250))
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) AS ID,
*
INTO #Temp
FROM #table
SELECT #StartLoop = MIN(ID),
#EndLoop = MAX(ID)
FROM #Temp
WHILE #StartLoop <= #EndLoop
BEGIN
DECLARE #WorkingString VARCHAR(MAX)
SELECT #WorkingString = ATTRIBUTELVAUE + CHAR(10) + ' '
FROM #Temp
WHERE ID = #StartLoop
--print #WorkingString
WHILE CHARINDEX(CHAR(10), #WorkingString) > 0
BEGIN
DECLARE #SearchCharacter INT
DECLARE #WorkingStringLength INT
DECLARE #TempStringLength INT
DECLARE #TempString VARCHAR(MAX)
SET #WorkingStringLength = LEN(#WorkingString)
SET #SearchCharacter = CHARINDEX(CHAR(10), #WorkingString)
SET #TempString = SUBSTRING(#WorkingString, 1, #SearchCharacter - 1)
SET #TempStringLength = LEN(#TempString)
SET #WorkingString = SUBSTRING(#WorkingString, #SearchCharacter + 1, #WorkingStringLength)
SET #TempString = REPLACE(#TempString, CHAR(13), '')
IF #StartLoop = 1
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Code
SELECT #TempString
END
IF #StartLoop = 2
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Name
SELECT #TempString
END
IF #StartLoop = 3
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Symbol
SELECT #TempString
END
END
SET #StartLoop = #StartLoop + 1
END
SELECT Code,
Name,
Symbol
FROM #Code AS c
JOIN #Name AS n
ON c.ID = n.ID
JOIN #Symbol AS s
ON s.ID = n.ID
Cleanup:
IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#TEMP') > 0
BEGIN
DROP TABLE #TEMP
END
IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#table') > 0
BEGIN
DROP TABLE #table
END
Because I needed a view, this ended up being my solution:
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[CurrencyTableGenerator]()
RETURNS
#CurrencyTable TABLE(
Code NVARCHAR(250)
,Name NVARCHAR(250)
,Symbol NVARCHAR(250)
)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #xml1 XML
DECLARE #xml2 XML
DECLARE #xml3 XML
DECLARE #C1 NVARCHAR(250)
DECLARE #C2 NVARCHAR(250)
DECLARE #c3 NVARCHAR(250)
SET #c1 = (SELECT ...)
SET #c2 = (SELECT ...)
SET #c3 = (SELECT ...)
SET #xml1 = N'<root><r>' + REPLACE(#c1, CHAR(10), '</r><r>') + '</r></root>';
SET #xml2 = N'<root><r>' + REPLACE(#c2, CHAR(10), '</r><r>') + '</r></root>';
SET #xml3 = N'<root><r>' + REPLACE(#c3, CHAR(10), '</r><r>') + '</r></root>';
INSERT INTO #CurrencyTable
SELECT Code.Code, Name.Name, Symbol.Symbol
FROM
(SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ##ROWCOUNT) AS ck,
c.value('.', 'VARCHAR(250)') AS [Code]
FROM #xml1.nodes('//root/r') AS a(c)) AS Code
INNER JOIN
(SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ##ROWCOUNT) AS nk,
n.value('.', 'VARCHAR(250)') AS [Name]
FROM #xml2.nodes('//root/r') AS a(n)) AS Name ON Code.ck = Name.nk
INNER JOIN
(SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ##ROWCOUNT) AS sk,
s.value('.', 'VARCHAR(250)') AS [Symbol]
FROM #xml3.nodes('//root/r') AS a(s)) AS Symbol ON Symbol.sk = Name.nk
RETURN
END
GO
CREATE VIEW [dbo].[CurrencyView]
AS
SELECT * FROM [dbo].[CurrencyTableGenerator]()
GO
Thanks to RThomas for the function.
Let us say I have some data I would like to repeat N times. A naive approach would be this:
IF OBJECT_ID('dbo.Data', 'U') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE dbo.Data
CREATE TABLE Data
(
DataId INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
DataValue NVARCHAR(MAX) NOT NULL
)
INSERT INTO Data (DataId, DataValue)
SELECT 1, 'Value1' UNION ALL
SELECT 2, 'Value2' UNION ALL
SELECT 3, 'Value3' UNION ALL
SELECT 4, 'Value4' UNION ALL
SELECT 5, 'Value5'
DECLARE #RowsRequired INT
DECLARE #Counter INT
DECLARE #NumberOfRows INT
SET #RowsRequired = 22
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#TempData') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #TempData
CREATE TABLE #TempData
(
Id INT IDENTITY(1,1),
DataValue NVARCHAR(MAX)
)
SELECT #NumberOfRows = COUNT(*) FROM Data
SET #Counter = 1
WHILE #RowsRequired > 0
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #TempData
SELECT DataValue FROM Data WHERE DataId = #Counter
SET #Counter = #Counter + 1
SET #RowsRequired = #RowsRequired - 1
IF(#Counter > #NumberOfRows)
BEGIN
SET #Counter = 1
END
END
SELECT * FROM #TempData
Here #RowsRequired determines how many rows are required. Could this be rephrased in a set based form? Thanks.
Here is a SQLFiddle with the code.
Try this instead:
DECLARE #RowsRequired INT = 22
;WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT DataId, DataValue, ROW_NUMBER() over (PARTITION BY DataId ORDER BY DataId) sort
FROM DATA
CROSS JOIN
(
SELECT TOP (#RowsRequired) 0 d
FROM master..spt_values
) d
)
SELECT TOP (#RowsRequired) ROW_NUMBER() over (order by sort), DataValue
FROM CTE
ORDER BY sort, 1
I tried this and worked for me.
declare #requiredrows int
set #requiredrows = 22;
declare #foreachrow int
select #foreachrow = #requiredrows / Count(*) from Data;
select top (#requiredrows) * from
(
select *, ROW_NUMBER() over(partition by dataId order by number) rno
from Data
Cross Join master..spt_values
) A
where rno <= #foreachrow + 1
Hope it will help.
I have a Total value that I need to distribute among several rows in a SQL table:
DECLARE #total numeric(38,5);
DECLARE #count int;
SET #total=123.10000
SET #count = SELECT COUNT(*) FROM mytable WHERE condition=#val;
-- let's say #count is now 3
UPDATE mytable SET my_part=#total/#count WHERE condition=#val;
--each record now has 41.03333
SELECT SUM(my_part) FROM mytable where condition = #val;
-- the sum is 123.09999, not my original 123.10000
Obviously, the original total wasn't evenly divisible by 3 so the SUM won't match the original value. And no matter what I use for scale, there will be possible divisions like this one that can't line back up.
What I would like is that one of the UPDATEd rows would contain 41.03334, and the other two would have 41.03333. I don't care which ones round up and which round down. But I care that the values can be re-summed to get the original total. Is this possible? Are there known algorithms for doing this kind of thing?
Put the remainder into a secret account that slowly accumulates fractional pennies... then wait a few years...
Actually, if you have SQL Server 2005+, you can use the TOP 1 clause in the UPDATE to limit the updated rows. So maybe:
DECLARE #EPSILON numeric(38,5);
DECLARE #T1 numeric(38,5);
DECLARE #T2 numeric(38,5);
SET #T1 = 1;
SET #T2 = 3;
SET #T1 = #T1/#T2;
SET #T2 = 3 * #T1;
SET #EPSILON = 1 - #T2;
DECLARE #total numeric(38,5);
DECLARE #count int;
DECLARE #REMAINDER numeric(38,5);
DECLARE #PARTIAL numeric(38,5);
DECLARE #RESUM numeric(38,5);
DECLARE #LIMITN Integer;
SET #total=123.10000;
SELECT #count = COUNT(*) FROM mytable WHERE condition=#val;
SET #PARTIAL = #TOTAL / #COUNT;
SET #RESUM = #PARTIAL * #COUNT;
SET #REMAINDER = #TOTAL - #RESUM;
IF #REMAINDER < 0 SET #EPSILON = -#EPSILON;
SET #LIMITN = #REMAINDER / #EPSILON;
UPDATE mytable SET my_part=#PARTIAL WHERE condition=#val;
UPDATE TOP #LIMITN mytable SET my_part = my_part + #EPSILON WHERE condition=#val;
SELECT SUM(my_part) FROM mytable where condition = #val;
You could use fractions to avoid rounding problems. At least multiplication and division of several rows would be easy. SUM() would not be quite so easy, if you need the exact value.
Below is a hack, but it works for this situation:
DECLARE #total numeric(38,5);
DECLARE #count int;
declare #mytable table
(
my_part numeric(38,6) --note the scale is +1
)
insert into #mytable values (0)
insert into #mytable values (0)
insert into #mytable values (0)
SET #total=123.10000
SELECT #count = COUNT(*) FROM #mytable
-- let's say #count is now 3
UPDATE #mytable SET my_part=#total/#count;
--each record now has 41.03333
-- note the cast
SELECT cast(SUM(my_part) as numeric(38,5)) FROM #mytable;
try this
DECLARE #total numeric(38,5);
DECLARE #count int;
SET #total=123.10000
SELECT #count = COUNT(*)
FROM mytable
WHERE condition=#val;
-- let's say #count is now 3
UPDATE mytable SET
my_part = #total/#count
WHERE condition=#val;
Update mytable SET
my_part = my_part +
#total - (Select Sum(My_Part)
From mytable
Where condition=#val)
Where PK = (Select Max(PK) From mytable
Where condition=#val)
-- each record except one with highest PK now has 41.03333
-- the one with highest PK has 41.03334 (or whatever)
SELECT SUM(my_part)
FROM mytable
where condition = #val;
-- the sum should be the original 123.10000
A UI (before the report shows) shows a look up (Combo) that has
(ID = 0).All Organization Units
(ID =4).HR
(ID = 5).DEV
I need to:
Be able to show data of (4) + (5) if
(0) is selected.
Only (4) OR (5) if either HR or DEV is selected.
Lookup combo code (Selected Feeds the parameter in the below query.)
Select 0 AS ID,'All Org' AS Name from DP_ORG_OrganizationUnit
where DP_ORG_OrganizationUnit.Code IN {AccessData}
Union
SELECT
DP_ORG_OrganizationUnit.ID,
DP_ORG_OrganizationUnit.Name
FROM DP_ORG_OrganizationUnit where DP_ORG_OrganizationUnit.Code IN ('HR','DEV')
Report data row query
SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF
DECLARE #EmpID as int;
DECLARE #OrganizationUnit as int;
DECLARE #StartDate as datetime;
DECLARE #EndDate as datetime;
SET #EmpID = ?;
SET #StartDate = ?;
SET #EndDate = ?;
SET #OrganizationUnit = ?;
SELECT
Employee.Code,
Employee.Name1+' '+Employee.Name2+' '+Employee.Name3+' '+Employee.Name4+' '+Employee.Name5 AS FullName,
Employee.OrganizationUnit,
ContractType.Name,
EmployeeContract.StartDate,
EmployeeContract.EndDate
FROM Employee INNER JOIN (ContractType INNER JOIN EmployeeContract
ON ContractType.ID = EmployeeContract.ContractType)
ON Employee.ID = EmployeeContract.Employee
WHERE (Employee.ID = #EmpID OR #EmpID=0)
AND
(Employee.OrganizationUnit = #OrganizationUnit OR #OrganizationUnit=0)
AND NOT((EndDate < #StartDate or StartDate > #EndDate));
Any way I can achieve it from the looks of it? 0=0 would show all the data from other
departments too..
Anybody :-o?
First off, your lookup combo code could be tightened up a bit:
-- the FROM clause was superfluous
SELECT 0 AS ID,'All Org' AS Name
UNION ALL
-- the two-part identifiers were superfluous (only one table)
SELECT ID, Name
FROM DP_ORG_OrganizationUnit
WHERE Code IN ('HR','DEV')
For the report query, the simplest form would be:
WHERE
((#OrganizationUnit > 0 AND Employee.OrganizationUnit = #OrganizationUnit) OR
(#OrganizationUnit = 0 AND Employee.OrganizationUnit IN (4,5)))
something like this should work
Where (Employee.OrganizationUnit = case when #OrganizationUnit=0 then 4 else #OrganizationUnit end OR case when #OrganizationUnit=0 then 5 else #OrganizationUnit end)
Try this, which should use indexes on your query...
DECALRE #FilterValues (FilterValue int not null primary key)
IF #Param=0
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #FilterValues VALUES (4)
INSERT INTO #FilterValues VALUES (5)
END
ELSE ID #PAram IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #FilterValues VALUES (#Param)
END
SELECT
....
FROM YourTable y
INNER JOIN #FilterValues f ON y.Value=f.Value
WHERE .....
KM's version will work, but this query does not need a temp table...
SELECT *
FROM Employee
WHERE (
#OrganizationUnit = 0
OR
(
#OrganizationUnit <> 0
AND
Employee.OrganizationUnit = #OrganizationUnit
)
)
How about
WHERE (Employee.ID = #EmpID OR #EmpID=0)
AND
(Employee.OrganizationUnit BETWEEN ISNULL(NULLIF(#OrganizationUnit,0),0) AND ISNULL(NULLIF(#OrganizationUnit,0),99))
AND NOT((EndDate < #StartDate or StartDate > #EndDate));
I have this statement in T-SQL.
SELECT Bay From TABLE where uid in (
select B_Numbers from Info_Step WHERE uid = 'number'
)
I am selecting "multiple" BAYs from TABLE where their uid is equal to a string of numbers like this:
B_Numbers = 1:45:34:98
Therefore, I should be selecting 4 different BAYs from TABLE. I basically need to split the string 1:45:34:98 up into 4 different numbers.
I'm thinking that Split() would work, but it doesn't and I get a syntax error.
Any thoughts from the T-SQL gods would be awesome!
Here is an implementation of a split function that returns the list of numbers as a table:
http://rbgupta.blogspot.com/2007/03/split-function-tsql.html
Looks like this would set you on your way...
Here is a method that uses an auxiliary numbers table to parse the input string. The logic can easily be added to a function that returns a table. That table can then be joined to lookup the correct rows.
Step 1: Create the Numbers table
SET NOCOUNT ON
GO
IF EXISTS
(
SELECT 1
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'Numbers'
AND TABLE_SCHEMA = 'dbo'
AND TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
)
BEGIN
DROP TABLE dbo.Numbers
END
GO
CREATE TABLE dbo.Numbers
(
Number smallint IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY
)
GO
WHILE 1 = 1
BEGIN
INSERT INTO dbo.Numbers DEFAULT VALUES
IF SCOPE_IDENTITY() = 32767
BEGIN
BREAK
END
END
GO
Step 2: Parse the Input String
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.ParseString(#input_string varchar(8000), #delim varchar(8000) = " ")
RETURNS TABLE
AS RETURN
(
SELECT Number
FROM dbo.Numbers
WHERE CHARINDEX
(
#delim + CONVERT(VARCHAR(12),Number) + #delim,
#delim + #input_string + #delim
) > 0
)
GO
**EXAMPLE**
SELECT * FROM dbo.ParseString('1:45:34:98',':')
Step 3: Use the results however you want/need
Number
------
1
34
45
98
End-To-End Example
Create function that returns the appropriate BNumber (of course change it to use the commented out SQL)
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.GetBNumber (#uid int)
RETURNS VARCHAR(8000)
AS
BEGIN
RETURN '1:45:34:98'
--select B_Numbers from Info_Step WHERE uid = #uid
END
GO
Use the use functions to return the desired results
-- Using Test Data
SELECT N.Number FROM Numbers N
JOIN dbo.ParseString(dbo.GetBNumber(12345),':') Q ON Q.Number = N.Number
-- Using Your Data (Untested but should work.)
SELECT N.Bay
FROM TABLE N
JOIN dbo.ParseString(dbo.GetBNumber(ENTER YOU NUMBER HERE),':') Q ON Q.Number = N.uid
Results
Number
------
1
34
45
98
You should keep your arrays as rows but if I understand your question I think this will work.
SELECT
Bay
From
TABLE
join Info_Step
on B_Numbers like '%'+ uid +'%'
where
Info_Step.uid = 'number'
This query will do a full table scan because of the like operator.
What you can do is loop through the B_Numbers entries and do your own split on : Insert those entries into a temp table and then perform your query.
DECLARE #i int
DECLARE #start int
DECLARE #B_Numbers nvarchar(20)
DECLARE #temp table (
number nvarchar(10)
)
-- SELECT B_Numbers FROM Info_Step WHERE uid = 'number'
SELECT #B_Numbers = '1:45:34:98'
SET #i = 0
SET #start = 0
-- Parse out characters delimited by ":";
-- Would make a nice user defined function.
WHILE #i < len(#B_Numbers)
BEGIN
IF substring(#B_Numbers, #i, 1) = ':'
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #temp
VALUES (substring(#B_Numbers, #start, #i - #start))
SET #start = #i + 1
END
SET #i = #i + 1
END
-- Insert last item
INSERT INTO #temp
VALUES (substring(#B_Numbers, #start, #i - #start + 1))
-- Do query with parsed values
SELECT Bay FROM TABLE WHERE uid in (SELECT * FROM #temp)
You can even try this
declare #str varchar(50)
set #str = '1:45:34:98'
;with numcte as(
select 1 as rn union all select rn+1 from numcte where rn<LEN(#str)),
getchars as(select
ROW_NUMBER() over(order by rn) slno,
rn,chars from numcte
cross apply(select SUBSTRING(#str,rn,1) chars)X where chars = ':')
select top 1
Bay1 = SUBSTRING(#str,0,(select rn from getchars where slno = 1))
,Bay2 = SUBSTRING(#str,
(select rn from getchars where slno = 1) + 1,
(((select rn from getchars where slno = 2)-
(select rn from getchars where slno = 1)
)-1))
,Bay3 = SUBSTRING(#str,
(select rn from getchars where slno = 2) + 1,
(((select rn from getchars where slno = 3)-
(select rn from getchars where slno = 2)
)-1))
,Bay4 = SUBSTRING(#str,
(select rn from getchars where slno = 3)+1,
LEN(#str))
from getchars
Output:
Bay1 Bay2 Bay3 Bay4
1 45 34 98