one column split to more column sql server 2008? - tsql

Question

Table name: Table1
id name
1 1-aaa-14 milan road
2 23-abcde-lsd road
3 2-mnbvcx-welcoome street
I want the result like this:
Id name name1 name2
1 1 aaa 14 milan road
2 23 abcde lsd road
3 2 mnbvcx welcoome street

Answer 1

This function ought to give you what you need.
--Drop Function Dbo.Part
Create Function Dbo.Part
(#Value Varchar(8000)
,#Part Int
,#Sep Char(1)='-'
)Returns Varchar(8000)
As Begin
Declare #Start Int
Declare #Finish Int
Set #Start=1
Set #Finish=CharIndex(#Sep,#Value,#Start)
While (#Part>1 And #Finish>0)Begin
Set #Start=#Finish+1
Set #Finish=CharIndex(#Sep,#Value,#Start)
Set #Part=#Part-1
End
If #Part>1 Set #Start=Len(#Value)+1 -- Not found
If #Finish=0 Set #Finish=Len(#Value)+1 -- Last token on line
Return SubString(#Value,#Start,#Finish-#Start)
End
Usage:
Select ID
,Dbo.Part(Name,1,Default)As Name
,Dbo.Part(Name,2,Default)As Name1
,Dbo.Part(Name,3,Default)As Name2
From Dbo.Table1
It's rather compute-intensive, so if Table1 is very long you ought to write the results to another table, which you could refresh from time to time (perhaps once a day, at night).
Better yet, you could create a trigger, which automatically updates Table2 whenever a change is made to Table1. Assuming that column ID is primary key:
Create Table Dbo.Table2(
ID Int Constraint PK_Table2 Primary Key,
Name Varchar(8000),
Name1 Varchar(8000),
Name2 Varchar(8000))
Create Trigger Trigger_Table1 on Dbo.Table1 After Insert,Update,Delete
As Begin
If (Select Count(*)From Deleted)>0
Delete From Dbo.Table2 Where ID=(Select ID From Deleted)
If (Select Count(*)From Inserted)>0
Insert Dbo.Table2(ID, Name, Name1, Name2)
Select ID
,Dbo.Part(Name,1,Default)
,Dbo.Part(Name,2,Default)
,Dbo.Part(Name,3,Default)
From Inserted
End
Now, do your data manipulation (Insert, Update, Delete) on Table1, but do your Select statements on Table2 instead.

Answer 2

The below solution uses a recursive CTE for splitting the strings, and PIVOT for displaying the parts in their own columns.
WITH Table1 (id, name) AS (
SELECT 1, '1-aaa-14 milan road' UNION ALL
SELECT 2, '23-abcde-lsd road' UNION ALL
SELECT 3, '2-mnbvcx-welcoome street'
),
cutpositions AS (
SELECT
id, name,
rownum = 1,
startpos = 1,
nextdash = CHARINDEX('-', name + '-')
FROM Table1
UNION ALL
SELECT
id, name,
rownum + 1,
nextdash + 1,
CHARINDEX('-', name + '-', nextdash + 1)
FROM cutpositions c
WHERE nextdash < LEN(name)
)
SELECT
id,
[1] AS name,
[2] AS name1,
[3] AS name2
/* add more columns here */
FROM (
SELECT
id, rownum,
part = SUBSTRING(name, startpos, nextdash - startpos)
FROM cutpositions
) s
PIVOT ( MAX(part) FOR rownum IN ([1], [2], [3] /* extend the list here */) ) x
Without additional modifications this query can split names consisting of up to 100 parts (that's the default maximum recursion depth, which can be changed), but can only display no more than 3 of them. You can easily extend it to however many parts you want it to display, just follow the instructions in the comments.

Answer 3

select T.id,
substring(T.Name, 1, D1.Pos-1) as Name,
substring(T.Name, D1.Pos+1, D2.Pos-D1.Pos-1) as Name1,
substring(T.Name, D2.Pos+1, len(T.name)) as Name2
from Table1 as T
cross apply (select charindex('-', T.Name, 1)) as D1(Pos)
cross apply (select charindex('-', T.Name, D1.Pos+1)) as D2(Pos)
Testing performance of suggested solutions
Setup:
create table Table1
(
id int identity primary key,
Name varchar(50)
)
go
insert into Table1
select '1-aaa-14 milan road' union all
select '23-abcde-lsd road' union all
select '2-mnbvcx-welcoome street'
go 10000
Result:

Answer 4

if you always will have 2 dashes, you can do the following by using PARSENAME
--testing table
CREATE TABLE #test(id INT, NAME VARCHAR(1000))
INSERT #test VALUES(1, '1-aaa-14 milan road')
INSERT #test VALUES(2, '23-abcde-lsd road')
INSERT #test VALUES(3, '2-mnbvcx-welcoome street')
SELECT id,PARSENAME(name,3) AS name,
PARSENAME(name,2) AS name1,
PARSENAME(name,1)AS name2
FROM (
SELECT id,REPLACE(NAME,'-','.') NAME
FROM #test)x
if you have dots in the name column you have to first replace them and then replace them back to dots in the end
example, by using a tilde to substitute the dot
INSERT #test VALUES(3, '5-mnbvcx-welcoome street.')
SELECT id,REPLACE(PARSENAME(name,3),'~','.') AS name,
REPLACE(PARSENAME(name,2),'~','.') AS name1,
REPLACE(PARSENAME(name,1),'~','.') AS name2
FROM (
SELECT id,REPLACE(REPLACE(NAME,'.','~'),'-','.') NAME
FROM #test)x