Insert multiple rows into temp table with one command in SQL2005 - sql

Question

I've got some data in the following format:
-1,-1,-1,-1,701,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,304,390,403,435,438,439,442,455
I need to insert it into a temp table like this:
CREATE TABLE #TEMP
(
Node int
)
So that I can use it in a comparison with data in another table.
The data above represents separate rows of the "Node" column.
Is there an easy way to insert this data, all in one command?
Also, the data will actually being coming in as seen, as a string... so I need to be able to just concat it into the SQL query string. I can obviously modify it first if needed.

Answer 1

Try something like
CREATE TABLE #TEMP
(
Node int
)
DECLARE #textXML XML
DECLARE #data NVARCHAR(MAX),
#delimiter NVARCHAR(5)
SELECT #data = '-1,-1,-1,-1,701,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,304,390,403,435,438,439,442,455 ',
#delimiter = ','
SELECT #textXML = CAST('<d>' + REPLACE(#data, #delimiter, '</d><d>') + '</d>' AS XML)
INSERT INTO #TEMP
SELECT T.split.value('.', 'nvarchar(max)') AS data
FROM #textXML.nodes('/d') T(split)
SELECT * FROM #TEMP
DROP TABLE #TEMP

Answer 2

You can create a query dynamically like this:
declare #sql varchar(1000)
set #sql = 'insert into #TEMP select ' + replace(#values, ',', ' union all select ')
exec #sql
As always when creating queries dynamically, you have to be careful so that you only use trusted data.

Answer 3

I would create a function that would return a table variable and then join that function into the select
Use:
select * from myTable a
inner join dbo.buildTableFromCSV('1,2,3') on a.id = b.theData
Here is my function for doing this
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[buildTableFromCSV] ( #csvString varchar(8000) ) RETURNS #myTable TABLE (ID int identity (1,1), theData varchar(100))
AS BEGIN
DECLARE #startPos Int -- position to chop next block of chars from
DECLARE #currentPos Int -- position to current character we're examining
DECLARE #strLen Int
DECLARE #c char(1) -- current subString
-- variable initalization
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELECT #csvString = #csvString + ','
SELECT #startPos = 1
SELECT #currentPos = 1
SELECT #strLen = Len(#csvString)
-- loop over string and build temp table
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHILE #currentPos <= #strLen BEGIN
SET #c = SUBSTRING(#csvString, #currentPos, 1 )
IF ( #c = ',' ) BEGIN
IF ( #currentPos - #startPos > 0 ) BEGIN
INSERT
INTO #myTable ( theData )
VALUES ( CAST( SUBSTRING ( #csvString, #startPos, #currentPos - #startPos) AS varchar ) )
END
ELSE
begin
INSERT
INTO #myTable ( theData )
VALUES ( null )
end
SELECT #startPos = #currentPos + 1
END
SET #currentPos = #currentPos + 1
END
delete from #myTable where theData is null
return
END