This is a quick note to show you how to convert a given comma delimited string into a database table:
Given: "Title,Forenames,Surname"
Return:
ID Value
------ ----------------
1 Title
2 Forenames
3 Surname
Note the below example omits the ID column and just leaves VALUE.
Why?
Do we need a reason?
How?
For SQL Server 2005 or later, using T-SQL:
DECLARE @myStringToParse VARCHAR(max), @myXML XML;
SET @myStringToParse = 'Title,Forenames,Surname';
SELECT @myXml = CONVERT(xml,'<root><s>' + REPLACE(@myStringToParse,',','</s><s>') + '</s></root>');
SELECT [Value] = T.c.value('.','varchar(20)') FROM @myXml.nodes('/root/s') T(c);
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