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I have a table named 'TABLE_RELATION'. I want to use some of relation codes to filter values from a select query. But when I am trying using IN operator getting an error Conversion failed when converting the varchar value ''301','302','303','304','305','306','312'' to data type smallint.
RELATION_CODE column is type smallint.
declare #guar_tab varchar(max)
declare #guar_tab_VALUES varchar(max)
select #guar_tab=COALESCE(''+#guar_tab+''',''','''')+convert(varchar(100), RELATION_CODE) from TABLE_RELATION where RELATION_CODE>300 and RELATION_CODE<400
SET #guar_tab_VALUES=(select #guar_tab)+''''+''
SELECT #guar_tab_VALUES
select * from TABLE_RELATION where RELATION_CODE in ( #guar_tab_VALUES)
When I tried '301','302','303','304','305','306','312' instead of #guar_tab_VALUES, it is working fine.
How can I solve this issue?
Any help will be appreciated.
You cannot pass a list of values like this. You are passing in a string with a single value that happens to have a bunch of commas.
One simplish method for your code is to use dynamic SQL:
declare #sql nvarchar(max);
set #sql = '
select *
from TABLE_RELATION
where RELATION_CODE in (#guar_tab_VALUES);
';
set #sql = replace(#sql, '#guar_tab_VALUEs', #guar_tab_VALUEs);
exec sp_executesql #sql;
Looking at your query, but I feel I'm missing something. What's wrong with just:
SELECT *
FROM TABLE_RELATION
WHERE RELATION_CODE > 300 AND RELATION_CODE < 400;
You're creating a delimited list of values from the table TABLE_RELATION, and then returning all those rows. There's literally no point. Based on what we have there's no need for dynamic SQL, or an IN.
We could express what you've written as:
SELECT *
FROM TABLE_RELATION TR
WHERE TR.RELATION_CODE IN (SELECT sq.RELATION_CODE
FROM TABLE_RELATION sq
WHERE sq.RELATION_CODE > 300
AND sq.RELATION_CODE < 400);
--or
SELECT *
FROM TABLE_RELATION TR
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1
FROM TABLE_RELATION sq
WHERE sq.RELATION_CODE > 300
AND sq.RELATION_CODE < 400
AND TR.RELATION_CODE = sq.RELATION_CODE);
As you can see, there's no need for the subquery,just put it in the main WHERE.
First of all, it's list of numbers.
So something like this
select * from table1
where col1 in ('1', '2', '3')
can be written as
select * from table1
where col1 IN (1, 2, 3)
But IN accepts a list of values, or a query that returns a list of values.
So just adding 1 string with values just won't do.
F.e. this won't work if col1 is a number.
select * from table1 where col1 IN ('1,2,3')
Because the string '1,2,3' can't be implicitly converted to a number.
Using a query could work
select * from table1
where col1 IN (select n from nums where n between 1 and 9)
If you do want use a variable that contains a list of numbers?
Then using a table variable might be for you.
DECLARE #NumTbl TABLE (n smallint primary key);
INSERT INTO #NumTbl (n)
SELECT DISTINCT RELATION_CODE
FROM TABLE_RELATION
WHERE RELATION_CODE > 300
AND RELATION_CODE < 400;
declare #guar_tab_values varchar(max);
select #guar_tab_values = concat(#guar_tab_values+', ', n) from #NumTbl order by n;
select #guar_tab_values as guar_tab_values;
SELECT *
FROM TABLE_RELATION
WHERE RELATION_CODE IN (select n from #NumTbl);
In your case I would just use those criteria in the WHERE clause.
SELECT *
FROM TABLE_RELATION
WHERE RELATION_CODE > 300
AND RELATION_CODE < 400
Such requirement comes many times in many different scenarios. so why not create generic solution.
We can a create user define function to slit comma separated string and return data in form of table.
Generic User Define Function :
-- FUNCTION TO SPLIT STRINGS.
ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[SplitString]
( #stringToSplit VARCHAR(MAX) )
RETURNS
#returnList TABLE ([Name] [nvarchar] (500))
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #name NVARCHAR(255)
DECLARE #pos INT
WHILE CHARINDEX(',', #stringToSplit) > 0
BEGIN
SELECT #pos = CHARINDEX(',', #stringToSplit)
SELECT #name = SUBSTRING(#stringToSplit, 1, #pos-1)
INSERT INTO #returnList
SELECT #name
SELECT #stringToSplit = SUBSTRING(#stringToSplit, #pos+1, LEN(#stringToSplit)-#pos)
END
INSERT INTO #returnList
SELECT #stringToSplit
RETURN
END
Call use define function:
declare #guar_tab varchar(max)
declare #guar_tab_VALUES varchar(max)
select #guar_tab=COALESCE(''+#guar_tab+',','')+convert(varchar(100), RELATION_CODE) from TABLE_RELATION where RELATION_CODE>300 and RELATION_CODE<400
select * from TABLE_RELATION where RELATION_CODE in (SELECT[Name] FROM dbo.SplitString( #guar_tab))
I hope this will help you :)
I have one email column that is having values like this 'claudio.passerini#uni.re.dit.mn.us'. I want to take two characters strings between dot (to check for the countries and states codes).
i want result like this
col1=re,mn,us
Solution
To do exactly what you've asked; i.e. pull back just the 2 char codes from within the email address's domain, you could use a function such as this:
create function dbo.fn_Get2AlphaCharCodesFromEmail
(
#email nvarchar(254) --max length of an email is 254: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/386294/what-is-the-maximum-length-of-a-valid-email-address
) returns nvarchar(254)
as
begin
declare #result nvarchar(254) = null
, #maxLen int = 254
;with cte(i, remainder,result) as
(
select cast(0 as int)
, cast('.' + substring(#email,charindex('#',#email)+1,#maxLen) + '.' as nvarchar(254))
, cast(null as nvarchar(254))
union all
select cast(i+1 as int)
, cast(substring(remainder,patindex('%.[A-Z][A-Z].%',remainder)+3,#maxLen)as nvarchar(254))
, cast(coalesce(result + ',','') + substring(remainder,patindex('%.[A-Z][A-Z].%',remainder)+1,2) as nvarchar(254))
from cte
where patindex('%.[A-Z][A-Z].%',remainder) > 0
)
select top 1 #result = result from cte order by i desc;
Return #result;
end
go
--demo
select dbo.fn_Get2AlphaCharCodesFromEmail ('claudio.passerini#uni.re.dit.mn.us')
--returns: re,mn,us
select dbo.fn_Get2AlphaCharCodesFromEmail ('claudio.passerini#uni.123.dit.mnx.usx')
--returns: NULL
Explanation
Create a function called fn_Get2AlphaCharCodesFromEmail in the schema dbo which takes a single parameter, #email which is a string of up to 254 characters, and returns a string of up to 254 characters.
create function dbo.fn_Get2AlphaCharCodesFromEmail
(
#email nvarchar(254)
) returns nvarchar(254)
as
begin
--... code that does the work goes here
end
declare the variables we'll be using later on.
#result holds the value we'll be returning from the function
#maxLen records the maximum length of an email; this makes it slightly easier should this length ever need to change; though not entirely simple since we have to specify the 254 length in our column & variable definitions later on anyway.
declare #result nvarchar(254) = null
, #maxLen int = 254
Now comes the interesting bit. We create a common table expression with 3 columns:
i is used to record which iteration each record was produced in; the highest value of i is the last record to be created.
remainder is used to hold the yet-to-be processed characters from the email.
result is used to record the 2 char codes; each new row adds another value to this column's comma separated values.
;with cte(i, remainder,result) as
(
--code to iterate through the email string, breaking it down, goes here
)
this gives us our first row in the cte "table".
The cast statements throughout this part are to ensure we have a consistent data type, as data types in a CTE are implicit, and not always correct
we initialise i (i.e. the first column) with value 0 to say that this is our first row (we could choose pretty much any value here; it doesn't matter
we initialise remainder (i.e. 2nd column) as the part of the email address which follows the # character; i.e. the email's domain.
we initialise result (i.e. 3rd column) as null; as we've not yet found a result (i.e. a 2 char string within the email's domain)
there is no from component as we're just getting data from the #email variable; no tables/views/etc are required.
select cast(0 as int)
, cast('.' + substring(#email,charindex('#',#email)+1,#maxLen) + '.' as nvarchar(254))
, cast(null as nvarchar(254))
union all is used to combing the first result(s) with the results of the next (recurring) statement. NB: The CTE code before this statement is run once to give initial values; the code after is run once for each new set of rows generated.
union all
The recurring code in the CTE is applied to new rows in the CTE until no new rows are generated.
i takes the value of the previous iteration's row's i incremented by 1.
select cast(i+1 as int)
remainder takes the previous iteration's remainder, and removes everything before (and including) the next 2 character code (result).
patindex('%.[A-Z][A-Z].%',remainder) returns a number giving the location of the a string containing a dot followed by 2 letters followed by a dot, occurring anywhere in the input string
, cast(substring(remainder,patindex('%.[A-Z][A-Z].%',remainder)+3,#maxLen)as nvarchar(254))
result uses the same logic as remainder, only it takes the 2 characters found, rather than everything after them. These characters are added on to the end of the previous iteartion's row's result value, separated by a comma.
, cast(coalesce(result + ',','') + substring(remainder,patindex('%.[A-Z][A-Z].%',remainder)+1,2) as nvarchar(254))
the from cte part just says that we're referencing the same "table" we're creating; i.e. this is how the recursion occurs
from cte
the where statement is used to prevent infinite recursion; i.e. once there are no more 2 char codes left in the remainder, stop looking.
where patindex('%.[A-Z][A-Z].%',remainder) > 0
Once we've found all the 2 char codes in the string, we know that the last row's result will contain the complete set; as such we assign this single row's value to the #result variable.
select top 1 #result = result
the from statement shows we're referencing the data we created in our with cte statement
from cte
the order by is used to determine which record comes first (i.e. which record is the top 1 record). We want it to be the last row generated by the CTE. Since we've been incrementing i by 1 each time, this last record will have the highest value of i, so by sorting by i desc (descending) that last generated row will be the row we get.
order by i desc;
Finally, we return the result generated above.
Return #result;
Alternative Approach
However, if you're trying to extract information from your emails, I'd recommend an alternate approach... have a list of values that you're looking for, and compare your email with that, without having to break apart the email address (beyond splitting on the # to ensure you're only checking the email's domain).
declare #countryCodes table (code nchar(2), name nvarchar(64)) --you'd use a real table for this; I'm just using a table variable so this demo's throwaway code
insert into #countryCodes (code, name)
values
('es','Spain')
,('fr','France')
,('uk','United Kingdom')
,('us','USA')
--etc.
--check a single mail
declare #mail nvarchar(256) = 'claudio.passerini#uni.re.dit.mn.us'
if exists (select top 1 1 from #countryCodes where '.' + substring(#mail,charindex('#',#mail)+1,256) + '.' like '%.' + code + '.%')
begin
select name from #countryCodes where '.' + substring(#mail,charindex('#',#mail)+1,256) + '.' like '%.' + code + '.%'
end
else
begin
select 'no results found'
end
--check a bunch of mails
declare #emailsToCheck table (email nvarchar(256))
insert into #emailsToCheck (email)
values
('claudio.passerini#uni.re.dit.mn.us')
,('someone#someplace.co.uk')
,('cant.see.me#never.never.land')
,('some.fr.address.hidden#france.not.in.this.bit')
select e.email, c.name
from #emailsToCheck e
left outer join #countryCodes c
on '.' + substring(email,charindex('#',email)+1,256) + '.' like '%.' + code + '.%'
order by e.email, c.name
If yo want individual columns you will need to pivot your data after splitting out your strings with a table valued function as per Marc's answer. If you are happy having them in rows, you can just use the select statement inside the brackets.
Query to get the data
declare #t table (Email nvarchar(50));
insert into #t values('claudio.passerini#uni.re.dit.mn.us'),('claudio.passerini#uni.ry.dit.mn.urg'),('claudio.passerini#uni.rn.dit.mn.uk');
select Email
,[1]
,[2]
,[3]
,[4]
,[5]
,[6]
from(
select t.Email
,s.Item
,row_number() over (partition by t.Email order by s.Item) as rn
from #t t
cross apply dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(t.Email,'.') s
where len(s.Item) = 2
) a
pivot
(
max(Item) for rn in([1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6])
) pvt
Table valued function to split out the strings, courtesy of Jeff Moden
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
ALTER 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
You can create your own function to split strings.
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fnSplitString]
(
#string NVARCHAR(MAX),
#delimiter CHAR(1)
)
RETURNS #output TABLE(splitdata NVARCHAR(MAX)
)
BEGIN
set #delimiter = coalesce(#delimiter, dbo.cSeparador());
DECLARE #start INT, #end INT
SELECT #start = 1, #end = CHARINDEX(#delimiter, #string)
WHILE #start < LEN(#string) + 1 BEGIN
IF #end = 0
SET #end = LEN(#string) + 1
INSERT INTO #output (splitdata)
VALUES(SUBSTRING(#string, #start, #end - #start))
SET #start = #end + 1
SET #end = CHARINDEX(#delimiter, #string, #start)
END
RETURN
END
Using this function you can get all your country&state codes :
select splitdata from dbo.fnSplitString('claudio.passerini#uni.re.dit.mn.us', '.')
where len(splitdata) = 2
You can modify that query to concatenate the result on a single string :
SELECT
STUFF((SELECT ',' + splitdata
FROM dbo.fnSplitString('claudio.passerini#uni.re.dit.mn.us', '.')
WHERE len(splitdata) = 2
FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 1, '')
Here is how you put it into an scalar function :
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fnCountryCodes](#email nvarchar(max)) returns nvarchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
RETURN (SELECT
STUFF((SELECT ',' + splitdata
FROM dbo.fnSplitString(#email, '.')
WHERE len(splitdata) = 2
FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 1, ''));
END
You call it like this :
select dbo.fnCountryCodes('claudio.passerini#uni.re.dit.mn.us')
Alternatively you can create a table-valued function that returns all the 2 characters long substrings from the domain of a mail address :
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fnCountryCodes] (#email NVARCHAR(MAX))
RETURNS #output TABLE(subdomain1 nvarchar(2), subdomain2 nvarchar(2), subdomain3 nvarchar(2), subdomain4 nvarchar(2), subdomain5 nvarchar(2))
as
BEGIN
DECLARE #subdomain1 nvarchar(2);
DECLARE #subdomain2 nvarchar(2);
DECLARE #subdomain3 nvarchar(2);
DECLARE #subdomain4 nvarchar(2);
DECLARE #subdomain5 nvarchar(2);
DECLARE CURSOR_SUBDOMAINS CURSOR FOR select splitdata from dbo.fnSplitString(#email, '.') where len(splitdata) = 2;
OPEN CURSOR_SUBDOMAINS;
FETCH NEXT FROM CURSOR_SUBDOMAINS INTO #subdomain1;
FETCH NEXT FROM CURSOR_SUBDOMAINS INTO #subdomain2;
FETCH NEXT FROM CURSOR_SUBDOMAINS INTO #subdomain3;
FETCH NEXT FROM CURSOR_SUBDOMAINS INTO #subdomain4;
FETCH NEXT FROM CURSOR_SUBDOMAINS INTO #subdomain5;
CLOSE CURSOR_SUBDOMAINS;
DEALLOCATE CURSOR_SUBDOMAINS;
INSERT INTO #output (subdomain1, subdomain2, subdomain3, subdomain4, subdomain5)
values (#subdomain1, #subdomain2, #subdomain3, #subdomain4, #subdomain5)
RETURN
END
You use it like that :
select * from dbo.fnCountryCodes('claudio.passerini#uni.re.dit.mn.us')
lets say I have the variable x, which is equal to: x='3,4,5,6,7'
Then i have a table #tmpTable with two columns (respID and Responses)
On my #tmpTable the respIDs for each row are null.
I want the ids of each row there to be the values on my x variable above. (for example, row 1's respID=1, row 2's respID=2.. and so on..)
how to do this in SQL?
You can achieve as below using SSMS:
declare #S varchar(20)
set #S = '1,2,3,4,5'
declare #tempTable as table (col1 varchar(max), col2 varchar(max))
While len(#s) > 0
begin
insert into #tempTable(col1) select left(#S, charindex(',', #S+',')-1)
set #S=stuff(#S, 1, charindex(',', #S+','), '')
end
select * from #tempTable
You can do something like this.
SELECT
Responses.value('(/x/#ID)[1]', 'int') AS [ID],
Responses
FROM YourTable
Sorry the image you had in your post has now disappeared so I don't remember the table name or the exact xml. Have a search on google for "tsql xml xpath".
I need a query to split values between braces separately.
My varchar value is
16(8),14(10)
I need to split as
16,14
I need only 16 and 14 value but not the values which is inside the (8) (10) braces
I have tried this query
select
case
when charindex('(0-9)', OtherProduct) > 0
then rtrim(left(OtherProduct, charindex('(0-9)', OtherProduct)-1))
else OtherProduct end as OtherProduct
from dbo.rxnreactions where rsd='P=15(61),16(8),14(10)R=1,7S=9012'
is anyone can help me to split it.
Use a function to split by comma, then split by brackets, and at the end join into a single string
SELECT SplitByBrackets.val
FROM dbo.StringSplit(N'16(8),14(10)',N',') SplitByComma
CROSS APPLY StringSplit(SplitByComma.val,N'(') SplitByBrackets
WHERE SplitByBrackets.id % 2 = 1
sample of the StringSplit is
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[StringSplit]
(
#delimited nvarchar(max),
#delimiter nvarchar(100)
) RETURNS #t TABLE
(
-- Id column can be commented out, not required for sql splitting string
id int identity(1,1), -- I use this column for numbering splitted parts
val nvarchar(max)
)
AS
BEGIN
declare #xml xml
set #xml = N'<root><r>' + replace(#delimited,#delimiter,'</r><r>') + '</r></root>'
insert into #t(val)
select
r.value('.','varchar(max)') as item
from #xml.nodes('//root/r') as records(r)
RETURN
END
fiddle it
Have a Table with the CSV Values in the columns as below
ID Name text
1 SID,DOB 123,12/01/1990
2 City,State,Zip NewYork,NewYork,01234
3 SID,DOB 456,12/21/1990
What is need to get is 2 tables in this scenario as out put with the corresponding values
ID SID DOB
1 123 12/01/1990
3 456 12/21/1990
ID City State Zip
2 NewYork NewYork 01234
Is there any way of achieving it using a Cursor or any other method in SQL server?
There are several ways that this can be done. One way that I would suggest would be to split the data from the comma separated list into multiple rows.
Since you are using SQL Server, you could implement a recursive CTE to split the data, then apply a PIVOT function to create the columns that you want.
;with cte (id, NameItem, Name, textItem, text) as
(
select id,
cast(left(Name, charindex(',',Name+',')-1) as varchar(50)) NameItem,
stuff(Name, 1, charindex(',',Name+','), '') Name,
cast(left(text, charindex(',',text+',')-1) as varchar(50)) textItem,
stuff(text, 1, charindex(',',text+','), '') text
from yt
union all
select id,
cast(left(Name, charindex(',',Name+',')-1) as varchar(50)) NameItem,
stuff(Name, 1, charindex(',',Name+','), '') Name,
cast(left(text, charindex(',',text+',')-1) as varchar(50)) textItem,
stuff(text, 1, charindex(',',text+','), '') text
from cte
where Name > ''
and text > ''
)
select id, SID, DOB
into table1
from
(
select id, nameitem, textitem
from cte
where nameitem in ('SID', 'DOB')
) d
pivot
(
max(textitem)
for nameitem in (SID, DOB)
) piv;
See SQL Fiddle with Demo. The recursive version will work great but if you have a large dataset, you could have some performance issues so you could also use a user defined function to split the data:
create FUNCTION [dbo].[Split](#String1 varchar(MAX), #String2 varchar(MAX), #Delimiter char(1))
returns #temptable TABLE (colName varchar(MAX), colValue varchar(max))
as
begin
declare #idx1 int
declare #slice1 varchar(8000)
declare #idx2 int
declare #slice2 varchar(8000)
select #idx1 = 1
if len(#String1)<1 or #String1 is null return
while #idx1 != 0
begin
set #idx1 = charindex(#Delimiter,#String1)
set #idx2 = charindex(#Delimiter,#String2)
if #idx1 !=0
begin
set #slice1 = left(#String1,#idx1 - 1)
set #slice2 = left(#String2,#idx2 - 1)
end
else
begin
set #slice1 = #String1
set #slice2 = #String2
end
if(len(#slice1)>0)
insert into #temptable(colName, colValue) values(#slice1, #slice2)
set #String1 = right(#String1,len(#String1) - #idx1)
set #String2 = right(#String2,len(#String2) - #idx2)
if len(#String1) = 0 break
end
return
end;
Then you can use a CROSS APPLY to get the result for each row:
select id, SID, DOB
into table1
from
(
select t.id,
c.colname,
c.colvalue
from yt t
cross apply dbo.split(t.name, t.text, ',') c
where c.colname in ('SID', 'DOB')
) src
pivot
(
max(colvalue)
for colname in (SID, DOB)
) piv;
See SQL Fiddle with Demo
You'd need to approach this as a multi-step ETL project. I'd probably start with exporting the two types of rows into a couple staging tables. So, for example:
select * from yourtable /* rows that start with a number */
where substring(text,1,1) in
('0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9')
select * from yourtable /* rows that don't start with a number */
where substring(text,1,1)
not in ('0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9')
/* or simply this to follow your example explicitly */
select * from yourtable where name like 'sid%'
select * from yourtable where name like 'city%'
Once you get the two types separated then you can split them out with one of the already written split functions found readily out on the interweb.
Aaron Bertrand (who is on here often) has written up a great post on the variety of ways to split comma delimted strings using SQL. Each of the methods are compared and contrasted here.
http://www.sqlperformance.com/2012/07/t-sql-queries/split-strings
If your row count is minimal (under 50k let's say) and it's going to be a one time operation than pick the easiest way and don't worry too much about all the performance numbers.
If you have a ton of rows or this is an ETL process that will run all the time then you'll really want to pay attention to that stuff.
A simple solution using cursors to build temporary tables. This has the limitation of making all columns VARCHAR and would be slow for large amounts of data.
--** Set up example data
DECLARE #Source TABLE (ID INT, Name VARCHAR(50), [text] VARCHAR(200));
INSERT INTO #Source
(ID, Name, [text])
VALUES (1, 'SID,DOB', '123,12/01/1990')
, (2, 'City,State,Zip', 'NewYork,NewYork,01234')
, (3, 'SID,DOB', '456,12/21/1990');
--** Declare variables
DECLARE #Name VARCHAR(200) = '';
DECLARE #Text VARCHAR(1000) = '';
DECLARE #SQL VARCHAR(MAX);
--** Set up cursor for the tables
DECLARE cursor_table CURSOR FAST_FORWARD READ_ONLY FOR
SELECT s.Name
FROM #Source AS s
GROUP BY Name;
OPEN cursor_table
FETCH NEXT FROM cursor_table INTO #Name;
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
--** Dynamically create a temp table with the specified columns
SET #SQL = 'CREATE TABLE ##Table (' + REPLACE(#Name, ',', ' VARCHAR(50),') + ' VARCHAR(50));';
EXEC(#SQL);
--** Set up cursor to insert the rows
DECLARE row_cursor CURSOR FAST_FORWARD READ_ONLY FOR
SELECT s.Text
FROM #Source AS s
WHERE Name = #Name;
OPEN row_cursor;
FETCH NEXT FROM row_cursor INTO #Text;
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
--** Dynamically insert the row
SELECT #SQL = 'INSERT INTO ##Table VALUES (''' + REPLACE(#Text, ',', ''',''') + ''');';
EXEC(#SQL);
FETCH NEXT FROM row_cursor INTO #Text;
END
--** Display the table
SELECT *
FROM ##Table;
--** Housekeeping
CLOSE row_cursor;
DEALLOCATE row_cursor;
DROP TABLE ##Table;
FETCH NEXT FROM cursor_table INTO #Name;
END
CLOSE cursor_table;
DEALLOCATE cursor_table;