SQL Server: use string variable for IN statement [duplicate] - sql

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SQL - Stored Procedure with Select Statement using IN (#Variable_CommaDelimitedListOfIDS)
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I created a stored procedure that is sent a large string as a single variable. I want to use that string in the IN statement for a query. However, when I try I get NULL result.
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[Validate_Orders]
#failed VARCHAR(4099)
AS
DECLARE #numFailed INT,
#valFailed DECIMAL(19, 2)
SET #numFailed = 0
SET #valFailed = 0
SET #numFailed = LEN(#failed) - LEN( REPLACE(#failed, ',', '') ) + 1
PRINT 'Failed List: ' + #failed
SELECT #valFailed = SUM(Quantity * Price)
FROM Orders
WHERE OrdNum IN (#failed)
PRINT 'Number of Sales Orders that Failed Import: ' + CAST(#numFailed as varchar (10) )
PRINT 'Value of Sales Orders that Failed Import: ' + CONVERT( VARCHAR(64), FORMAT( CASE WHEN #valFailed >= 0 THEN #valFailed ELSE 0 END, 'C') )
GO
EXEC [Validate_OpenSalesOrders] #failed = '''01D89545'',''01D95600'',''01D98436'',''01D98926'',''01D99704'',''01E00297'',''01E00428'',''01E00637'',''01E00787'',''01E01445'',''01E03713'',''01E04232'',''01E04652'',''01E05283'',''01E05304'',''01E05746'',''01E05754'',''01E05824'',''01E05885'',''01E07032'',''01E07103'',''01E07205'',''01E07297'',''01E07665'',''01E07917'',''02A84220'',''03A78284'',''04AA0825'',''04AA0933'',''04AA1134'',''04AA2612'',''04AA2892'',''05A88467'',''05A92716'',''05A93193'',''06A68861'',''07AK9828'',''07AL4784'',''07AL4974'',''07AL9240'',''07AM1817'',''07AM3351'',''07AM4880''...
When it prints the failed list, it prints what I expect:
Failed List: '01D89545','01D95600','01D98436','01D98926','01D99704','01E00297','01E00428','01E00637','01E00787','01E01445','01E03713','01E04232','01E04652','01E05283','01E05304','01E05746','01E05754','01E05824','01E05885','01E07032','01E07103','01E07205','01E07297','01E07665','01E07917','02A84220','03A78284','04AA0825','04AA0933','04AA1134','04AA2612','04AA2892','05A88467','05A92716','05A93193','06A68861','07AK9828','07AL4784','07AL4974','07AL9240','07AM1817','07AM3351','07AM4880','07AM5526','07AM5774','07AM5845','07AM6988','07AM8264','07AM8529','07AM8768','07AN0661','07AN2003','07AN2318','07AN3297','07AN4190','07AN4490','07AN5141','07AN5150','07AN5339','07AN5740','07AN5843','07AN6584','07AN6628','07AN7088','07AN7129','07AN7582'...
I know it's the string throwing it off, but I don't know how to fix it.

Here is a possible solution if you are OK with a risk of SQL injection against your procedure:
CREATE TABLE #t(V MONEY);
DECLARE #SQL VARCHAR(MAX) = 'SELECT SUM(Quantity * Price) FROM Orders WHERE OrdNum IN (' + #failed + ')';
PRINT #SQL
INSERT INTO #t(V) EXEC(#SQL);
SELECT #valFailed = V FROM #t;

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How do I make a triangle of stars using stored procedures in SQL? [duplicate]

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How to draw a triangle in SQL Server?
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Closed 2 years ago.
I would like to further exercise myself on the use of SQL stored procedures, so I thought of the following interesting problem.
How can I create a stored procedure with input to make a triangle of stars? For example input = 5 will print this:
*****
****
***
**
*
I know this could be easily done without stored procedure, but my question is how can I make a stored procedure to make that? Thanks in advance!!
You can simply use the following stored procedure.
create procedure DrawTriangle
#StrLen INT
as
Begin
WHILE #StrLen >= 1
BEGIN
PRINT REPLICATE('*',#StrLen)
SET #StrLen = #StrLen - 1
END
END
Live db<>fiddle demo.
For more follow this SO Answer
To print the triangle right-aligned you can use the below code.
create procedure DrawRightAlignedTriangle
#StrLen INT
as
Begin
declare #i int = 0
declare #space int
WHILE #StrLen >= 1
BEGIN
SET #space = #StrLen - #i
PRINT space(#i) + REPLICATE('*', #StrLen)
SET #StrLen = #StrLen - 1
SET #i = #i + 1
END
END
Below is the live db<>fiddle demo.
You can do this as a select, using a recursive CTE:
with stars as (
select replicate('*', 5) as stars
union all
select stuff(stars, 1, 1, '')
from stars s
where s.stars > ''
)
select *
from stars s
order by s.stars desc;
Here is a db<>fiddle.
You can right align the starts on output, if you like:
with stars as (
select replicate('*', 5) as stars
union all
select stuff(stars, 1, 1, '')
from stars s
where s.stars > ''
)
select right(replicate(' ', 5) + s.stars, 5)
from stars s
order by s.stars desc;

How to create stored procedure with view?

I tried to execute this code and it worked o.k without the the stored procedure and with it, it made an error.
The error is:
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure UV_MTBF, Line 251
Incorrect syntax near 'Event_'.
Is the stored procedure have a limitation in length?
can someone help me with my code?
edit*
my problem is with ' + QUOTENAME(#category,N'''') + N'
i want to add an integer from a variable that i received in the stored procedure. how can i do it?
enter code here:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.MTBFCalculation #Category int, #Action bit, #relateToParent bit
as
IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM sys.objects WHERE [name] = '[dbo].[UV_MTBF]')
DROP VIEW [dbo].[UV_MTBF];
DECLARE #Event nvarchar(MAX) = N'
CREATE VIEW [dbo].[UV_MTBF]
as
with failureReportTable as (SELECT [ID] as failure_id
,[Login_ID]
,[Event_ID]
,[StartDate]
,[EndDate]
,DATEDIFF(Hour,[StartDate],[EndDate]) as eventDurationMin
,[IsRelevantForBI]
,[IsParallelReport]
,[ParentReportID]
,[IsPausedEvent]
,Case
When ParentReportID>0 Then 1 --Chiled
When IsParallelReport=1 Then 2 --Parent
Else 3 --not Parallel
End as ParallelStatus
FROM [TDM_Analysis].[dbo].[FailureReports]),
fullFailure as (select *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY [StartDate] ) AS IDrow
from failureReportTable join [TDM_Analysis].[dbo].[UV_filteredLogins] as viewLogins on failureReportTable.Login_ID=viewLogins.ID
WHERE event_id IN (SELECT ID FROM [TDM_Analysis].[dbo].[Events] where EventCategory_ID=' + QUOTENAME(#category,N'''') + N')
and (ParallelStatus=3 or ParallelStatus=(case when ' + QUOTENAME(#relateToParent,N'''') + N'=1 then 2 else 1 end))),
--------------create first failure table------------------
failure_Event_1 as (select f1.failure_id as Event_1_Failure_ID
,f1.[Login_ID] as Event_1_Login_ID
,f1.[Event_ID] as Event_1_Event_ID
,f1.[StartDate] as Event_1_StartDate
,f1.[EndDate] as Event_1_EndDate
,f1.eventDurationMin as Event_1_eventDurationMin
--,f1.[IsRelevantForBI] as Event_1_IsRelevantForBI
--,f1.[IsParallelReport] as Event_1_IsParallelReport
-- ,f1.[ParentReportID] as Event_1_ParentReportID
-- ,f1.[IsPausedEvent] as Event_1_IsPausedEvent
,f1.[Test_Name] as Event_1_TestName
,f1.Phase_Name as Event_1_PhaseName
,f1.PressName as Event_1_PressName
,f1.PressType as Event_1_PressType
--,f1.[Operator] as Event_1_Operator
,f1.[LoginDate] as Event_1_LoginDate
,f1.[LogoutDate] as Event_1_LogoutDate
,f1.TimeDiff as Event_1_LoginDuration
,f1.IDrow+1 as row1
from fullFailure as f1),
--------------create second failure table------------------
failure_Event_2 as (select f1.failure_id as Event_2_Failure_ID
,f1.[Login_ID] as Event_2_Login_ID
,f1.[Event_ID] as Event_2_Event_ID
,f1.[StartDate] as Event_2_StartDate
,f1.[EndDate] as Event_2_EndDate
,f1.eventDurationMin as Event_2_eventDurationMin
-- ,f1.[IsRelevantForBI] as Event_2_IsRelevantForBI
-- ,f1.[IsParallelReport] as Event_2_IsParallelReport
-- ,f1.[ParentReportID] as Event_2_ParentReportID
-- ,f1.[IsPausedEvent] as Event_2_IsPausedEvent
,f1.[Test_Name] as Event_2_TestName
,f1.Phase_Name as Event_2_PhaseName
,f1.PressName as Event_2_PressName
,f1.PressType as Event_2_PressType
-- ,f1.[Operator] as Event_2_Operator
,f1.[LoginDate] as Event_2_LoginDate
,f1.[LogoutDate] as Event_2_LogoutDate
,f1.TimeDiff as Event_2_LoginDuration
,f1.IDrow as row2
from fullFailure as f1),
------------- join two failure tabels and calculating MTTR-mean time to repair (duration of failue), MTTF-mean time to failue( end of one until start of a new one), MTBF-mean time between failue (from start of a failure to start of a new one)--------------------
joinFailures as (select *, Event_1_eventDurationMin as MTTR
,CASE
When isnull(f2.row2,0)=0 then DATEDIFF(HOUR,f1.Event_1_EndDate,f1.Event_1_LogoutDate)
WHEN f1.Event_1_Login_ID=f2.Event_2_Login_ID THEN DATEDIFF(HOUR,f1.Event_1_EndDate,f2.Event_2_StartDate)
When (select TOP 1 sum(timediff)
from [TDM_Analysis].[dbo].[UV_filteredLogins]
where logindate>f1.Event_1_LogoutDate and logindate<f2.Event_2_LoginDate) is null then DATEDIFF(HOUR,f1.Event_1_EndDate,f1.Event_1_LogoutDate)+DATEDIFF(HOUR,f2.Event_2_LoginDate, f2.Event_2_StartDate)
ELSE
(select TOP 1 sum(timediff)+DATEDIFF(HOUR,f1.Event_1_EndDate,f1.Event_1_LogoutDate)+DATEDIFF(HOUR,f2.Event_2_LoginDate, f2.Event_2_StartDate)
from [TDM_Analysis].[dbo].[UV_filteredLogins]
where logindate>f1.Event_1_LogoutDate and logindate<f2.Event_2_LoginDate)
END AS MTTF
from failure_Event_1 as f1 left join failure_Event_2 as f2 on f1.row1=f2.row2),
positiveJoinFailure as (select * from joinFailures where MTTF>=0)
---- select calculation table order by ascending time----------
select * --Event_1_Failure_ID,Event_2_Failure_ID,MTTR,MTTF, MTTR+MTTF as MTFB
from positiveJoinFailure
--order by row1
';
--------------------------------------------------------Action------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if #Action=1
begin
EXEC sp_executesql #Event;
end
for this part of your query
where EventCategory_ID=' + QUOTENAME(#category,N'''') + N')
2 option here, you convert the value of #category to string and then concatenate with the dynamic query
where EventCategory_ID=' + convert(varchar(10), #category)
OR, you pass the value in as a parameter.
for this option, you specify #category in the dynamic query
where EventCategory_ID= #category
and (ParallelStatus=3 ....
and you pass the value in at sp_executesql
EXEC sp_executesql #Event, N'#category int', #category
By the way, Option 2 is the preferred method when using dynamic query

Dynamic SQL Procedure with Pivot displaying counts based on Date Range

I have a table which contains multiple user entries.
I want to pull counts of user entries based on date range passed to a stored procedure.
start date: 11/9/2017
end date: 11/11/2017
However the response needs to be dynamic based on amount of days in the date range.
Here is a desired format:
Now that you have provided examples, I have updated my answer which provides you with a solution based on the data you have provided.
Note that you are able to change the date range and the query will update accordingly.
Bare in mind that this SQL query is for SQL Server:
create table #tbl1 (
[UserId] int
,[UserName] nvarchar(max)
,[EntryDateTime] datetime
);
insert into #tbl1 ([UserId],[UserName],[EntryDateTime])
values
(1,'John Doe','20171109')
,(1,'John Doe','20171109')
,(1,'John Doe','20171110')
,(1,'John Doe','20171111')
,(2,'Mike Smith','20171109')
,(2,'Mike Smith','20171110')
,(2,'Mike Smith','20171110')
,(2,'Mike Smith','20171110')
;
-- declare variables
declare
#p1 date
,#p2 date
,#diff int
,#counter1 int
,#counter2 int
,#dynamicSQL nvarchar(max)
;
-- set variables
set #p1 = '20171109'; -- ENTER THE START DATE IN THE FORMAT YYYYMMDD
set #p2 = '20171111'; -- ENTER THE END DATE IN THE FORMAT YYYYMMDD
set #diff = datediff(dd,#p1,#p2); -- used to calculate the difference in days
set #counter1 = 0; -- first counter to be used in while loop
set #counter2 = 0; -- second counter to be used in while loop
set #dynamicSQL = 'select pivotTable.[UserId] ,pivotTable.[UserName] as [Name] '; -- start of the dynamic SQL statement
-- to get the dates into the query in a dynamic way, you need to do a while loop (or use a cursor)
while (#counter1 < #diff)
begin
set #dynamicSQL += ',pivotTable.[' + convert(nvarchar(10),dateadd(dd,#counter1,#p1),120) + '] '
set #counter1 = (#counter1 +1)
end
-- continuation of the dynamic SQL statement
set #dynamicSQL += ' from (
select
t.[UserId]
,t.[UserName]
,cast(t.[EntryDateTime] as date) as [EntryDate]
,count(t.[UserId]) as [UserCount]
from #tbl1 as t
where
t.[EntryDateTime] >= ''' + convert(nvarchar(10),#p1,120) + ''' ' +
' and t.[EntryDateTime] <= ''' + convert(nvarchar(10),#p2,120) + ''' ' +
'group by
t.[UserId]
,t.[UserName]
,t.[EntryDateTime]
) as mainQuery
pivot (
sum(mainQuery.[UserCount]) for mainQuery.[EntryDate]
in ('
;
-- the second while loop which is used to create the columns in the pivot table
while (#counter2 < #diff)
begin
set #dynamicSQL += ',[' + convert(nvarchar(10),dateadd(dd,#counter2,#p1),120) + ']'
set #counter2 = (#counter2 +1)
end
-- continuation of the SQL statement
set #dynamicSQL += ')
) as pivotTable'
;
-- this is the easiet way I could think of to get rid of the leading comma in the query
set #dynamicSQL = replace(#dynamicSQL,'in (,','in (');
print #dynamicSQL -- included this so that you can see the SQL statement that is generated
exec sp_executesql #dynamicSQL; -- this will run the generate dynamic SQL statement
drop table #tbl1;
Let me know if that's what you were looking for.
If you are using MySQL this will make what you want:
SELECT UserID,
UserName,
SUM(Date = '2017-11-09') '2017-11-09',
SUM(Date = '2017-11-10') '2017-11-10',
SUM(Date = '2017-11-11') '2017-11-11'
FROM src
GROUP BY UserID
If you are using SQL Server, you could try it with PIVOT:
SELECT *
FROM
(SELECT userID, userName, EntryDateTime
FROM t) src
PIVOT
(COUNT(userID)
FOR EntryDateTime IN (['2017-11-09'], ['2017-11-10'], ['2017-11-11'])) pvt

Insert into table the outcome of a select on that table using Row_Number

I am creating a query where in I select data on a table, then select a number of rows from that table, to then insert those rows into another identical table in another Database, and then repeat the proces to select the next number of rows from the orignal table.
For Reference, this is what i try to do (already build it for Oracle):
$" INSERT INTO {destination-table}
SELECT * FROM {original-table}
WHERE ROWID IN (SELECT B.RID
FROM (SELECT ROWID AS RID, rownum as RID2
FROM {original-table}
WHERE {Where Claus}
AND ROWNUM <= {recordsPerStatement * iteration}
) B WHERE RID2 > {recordsPerStatement * (iteration - 1)})"
This is put through a loop in .net
For SQL server however I fail to get this done. The data i retrieve with:
$" Select B.* from (Select A.* from (Select Row_NUMBER()
OVER (order by %%physloc%%) As RowID, {original-table}.* FROM
{original-table} where {where-claus})
A Where A.RowID between {recordsPerStatement * (iteration - 1)}
AND {recordsPerStatement * iteration} B"
The problem here is that above select produces an extra column (ROWID) which prevents me from inserting the above data into the destination-table
I have been looking at ways to get rid of the ROWID column in the top select or to insert data from original-table based on the data retrieved
(something like insert into destination-table select * from original-table where exists in (rest of select query)..... but to no avail
TLDR = Get rid of a ROWID column used in calculations to then be able to insert rows into an identical table
specifications:
A LOT (millions of rows) of data (therefor processing it in bits)
Unknown tables (so i cannot call on specific column names, as they are unknown)
needs to have an order (thus the row_number) so the same data is not copied twice.
insert using a select query (as first retrieving it and doing some magic locally would severly impact performance)
If necessary additional variables can be added in here (like an order claus variable) however, any reference to data in the query will ALWAYS be a variable + If I can find a way to not add more varriables in the query then that would be preferable
I hope that someone would have an idea on what i could look at further.
This approach uses a temporary table to save the paginated data before processing it page by page. It has worked for me, but not sure if you might have problems with very large data sets. You could put the whole thing in an SP then call the SP with parameters from .net. You will need to add a parameter for the destination table name and construct/execute an INSERT statement in the final loop.
-- Parameters
DECLARE #PageSize integer = 100;
DECLARE #TableName nVarchar(200) = 'WRD_WordHits';
DECLARE #OrderBy nVarchar(3000) = 'WordID'
STEP_010: BEGIN
-- Get the column definitions for the table
DECLARE #Cols int;
SELECT TABLE_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TYPE, CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH
, IS_NULLABLE
INTO #Tspec
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = #TableName;
-- Number of columns
SET #Cols = ##ROWCOUNT;
END;
STEP_020: BEGIN
-- Create the temporary table that will hold the paginated data
CREATE TABLE #TT2 ( PageNumber int, LineNumber int, SSEQ int )
DECLARE #STMT nvarchar(3000);
END;
STEP_030: BEGIN
-- Add columns to #TT2 using the column definitions
DECLARE #Ord int = 0;
DECLARE #Colspec nvarchar(3000) = '';
DECLARE #AllCols nvarchar(3000) = '';
DECLARE #ColName nvarchar(200) = '';
WHILE #Ord < #Cols BEGIN
SELECT #Ord = #Ord + 1;
-- Get the column name and specification
SELECT #ColName = Column_Name
, #Colspec =
Column_Name + ' ' + DATA_TYPE + CASE WHEN CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH IS NULL THEN ''
ELSE '(' + CAST(CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH AS varchar(30) ) + ')' END
FROM #Tspec WHERE ORDINAL_POSITION = #Ord;
-- Create and execute statement to add the column and the columns list used later
SELECT #STMT = ' ALTER TABLE #TT2 ADD ' + #Colspec + ';'
, #AllCols = #AllCols + ', ' + #ColName ;
EXEC sp_ExecuteSQL #STMT;
END;
-- Remove leading comma from columns list
SELECT #AllCols = SUBSTRING(#AllCols, 3, 3000);
PRINT #AllCols
-- Finished with the source table spec
DROP TABLE #Tspec;
END;
STEP_040: BEGIN -- Create and execute the statement used to fill #TT2 with the paginated data from the source table
-- The first two cols are the page number and row number within the page
-- The sequence is arbitrary but could use a key list for the order by clause
SELECT #STMT =
'INSERT #TT2
SELECT FLOOR( CAST( SSEQ as float) /' + CAST(#PageSize as nvarchar(10)) + ' ) + 1 PageNumber, (SSEQ) % ' + CAST(#PageSize as nvarchar(10)) + ' + 1 LineNumber, * FROM
(
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( ORDER BY ' + #OrderBy + ' ) - 1 AS SSEQ, * FROM ' + #TableName + '
)
A; ' ;
EXEC sp_ExecuteSQL #STMT;
-- *** Test only to show that the table contains the data
--SELECT * FROM #TT2;
--SELECT #STMT = 'SELECT NULL AS EXECSELECT, ' + #AllCols + ' FROM #TT2;' ;
--EXEC sp_ExecuteSQL #STMT;
-- ***
END;
STEP_050: BEGIN -- Loop through paginated data, one page at a time.
-- Variables to control the paginated loop
DECLARE #PageMAX int;
SELECT #PageMAX = MAX(PageNumber) FROM #TT2;
PRINT 'Generated ' + CAST( #PageMAX AS varchar(10) ) + ' pages from table';
DECLARE #Page int = 0;
WHILE #Page < #PageMax BEGIN
SELECT #Page = #Page + 1;
-- Create and execute the statement to get one page of data - this could be any statement to process data page by page
SELECT #STMT = 'SELECT ' + #AllCols + ' FROM #TT2 WHERE PageNumber = ' + CAST(#Page AS Varchar(10 )) + ' ORDER BY LineNumber '
-- Execute the statment.
PRINT #STMT -- For testing
--EXEC sp_EXECUTESQL #STMT;
END;
-- Finished with Paginated data
DROP TABLE #TT2;
END;
The solution i came up with:
First reading the column_names from the database and storing them locally, to then use them again in building up the insert / select query and only select those columns from the view (which are all apart from ROWID).
commandText = $"SELECT column_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'{table}'"
columnNames = "executionfunction with commandText"
columnNamesCount = columnNames.Rows.Count
Dim counter As Int16 = 0
commandText = String.Empty
commandText = $"INSERT INTO {destination} SELECT "
For Each row As DataRow In columnNames.Rows
If counter = columnNamesCount - 1 Then
commandText += $"B.{row("column_name")} "
Else
commandText += $"B.{row("column_name")}, "
End If
counter = counter + 1
Next
commandText += $"FROM
(Select A.* FROM (Select Row_NUMBER()
OVER(order by %%physloc%%) AS RowID, {table}.*
FROM {table} where {filter}) A
WHERE A.RowID between ({recordsPerStatement} * ({iteration}-1)) + 1
AND ({recordsPerStatement} * {iteration})) B"
EDIT: To remove the %%physloc%% clause AN OFFSET FETCH NEXT part has been build in. new approach:
commandText += $"INSERT INTO {destination} SELECT * FROM {table} WHERE {filter}"
For i As Int16 = 1 To columnNamesCount
If i = 1 Then
commandText += $"ORDER BY {columnNames.Rows(i - 1)("column_name")} ASC"
Else
commandText += $"{columnNames.Rows(i - 1)("column_name")} ASC"
End If
If i <> columnNamesCount Then
commandText += ", "
End If
Next
commandText += $" OFFSET ({recordsPerStatement} * ({iteration} -1)) ROWS FETCH Next {recordsPerStatement} ROWS ONLY"

Convert unknown number of comma separated varchars within 1 column into multiple columns

Let me say upfront that I'm a brand-spanking-new SQL Developer. I've researched this and haven't been able to find the answer.
I'm working in SSMS 2012 and I have a one-column table (axis1) with values like this:
axis1
296.90, 309.4
296.32, 309.81
296.90
300.11, 309.81, 311, 313.89, 314.00, 314.01, V61.8, V62.3
I need to convert this column into multiple columns like so:
axis1 axis2 axis3 axis4
296.90 309.4 null null
296.32 309.81 null null
296.90 null null null
300.11 309.81 311 313.89...
So far I've tried/considered:
select case when charindex(',',Axis1,1)>0
then substring(Axis1,1,CHARINDEX(',',Axis1,1)-1)
else Axis1
end as Axis1
from tablex
That works fine for a known number of column values, but there could be 0, 1, or 20+ values in this column.
Is there any way to split an unknown quantity of comma-separated values that are in one column into multiple single-value columns?
Thanks in advance for any help everyone!
I made one assumption while creating this answer, which is that you need this as a separate stored proc.
Step 1
Create a data type to enable the use of passing a table-valued parameter (TVP) into a stored proc.
use db_name
GO
create type axisTable as table
(
axis1 varchar(max)
)
GO
Step 2
Create the procedure to parse out the values.
USE [db_name]
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[usp_util_parse_out_axis]
(
#axis_tbl_prelim axisTable readonly
)
AS
BEGIN
-- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from
-- interfering with SELECT statements.
SET NOCOUNT ON;
declare #axis_tbl axisTable
--since TVP's are readonly, moving the data in the TVP to a local variable
--so that the update statement later on will work as expected
insert into #axis_tbl
select *
from #axis_tbl_prelim
declare #comma_cnt int
, #i int
, #sql_dyn nvarchar(max)
, #col_list nvarchar(max)
--dropping the global temp table if it already exists
if object_id('tempdb..##axis_unpvt') is not null
drop table ##axis_unpvt
create table ##axis_unpvt
(
axis_nbr varchar(25)
, row_num int
, axis_val varchar(max)
)
--getting the most commas
set #comma_cnt = (select max(len(a.axis1) - len(replace(a.axis1, ',', '')))
from #axis_tbl as a)
set #i = 1
while #i <= #comma_cnt + 1
begin --while loop
--insert the data into the "unpivot" table one parsed value at a time (all rows)
insert into ##axis_unpvt
select 'axis' + cast(#i as varchar(3))
, row_number() over (order by (select 100)) as row_num --making sure the data stays in the right row
, case when charindex(',', a.axis1, 0) = 0 and len(a.axis1) = 0 then NULL
when charindex(',', a.axis1, 0) = 0 and len(a.axis1) > 0 then a.axis1
when charindex(',', a.axis1, 0) > 0 then replace(left(a.axis1, charindex(',', a.axis1, 0)), ',', '')
else NULL
end as axis1
from #axis_tbl as a
--getting rid of the value that was just inserted from the source table
update a
set a.axis1 = case when charindex(',', a.axis1, 0) = 0 and len(a.axis1) > 0 then NULL
when charindex(',', a.axis1, 0) > 0 then rtrim(ltrim(right(a.axis1, (len(a.axis1) - charindex(',', a.axis1, 0)))))
else NULL
end
from #axis_tbl as a
where 1=1
and (charindex(',', a.axis1, 0) = 0 and len(a.axis1) > 0
or charindex(',', a.axis1, 0) > 0)
--incrementing toward terminating condition
set #i += 1
end --while loop
--getting list of what the columns will be after pivoting
set #col_list = (select stuff((select distinct ', ' + axis_nbr
from ##axis_unpvt as a
for xml path ('')),1,1,''))
--building the pivot statement
set #sql_dyn = '
select '
+ #col_list +
'
from ##axis_unpvt as a
pivot (max(a.axis_val)
for a.axis_nbr in ('
+ #col_list +
')) as p'
--executing the pivot statement
exec(#sql_dyn);
END
Step 3
Make a procedure call using the data type created in Step 1 as the parameter.
use db_name
go
declare #tvp as axisTable
insert into #tvp values ('296.90, 309.4')
insert into #tvp values ('296.32, 309.81')
insert into #tvp values ('296.90')
insert into #tvp values ('300.11, 309.81, 311, 313.89, 314.00, 314.01, V61.8, V62.3')
exec db_name.dbo.usp_util_parse_out_axis #tvp
Results from your example are as follows: