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Asked: 2026-05-15T11:57:03+00:00

I created an application to send mail to users. I’m using a database where

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I created an application to send mail to users.
I’m using a database where some users have more than one email address assigned.

Name                        Mail
-----------------------------------------
BusinessXPTO     mail1@xpto.com;mail2@xpto.com

The email column can contain more than one email, separated by a semicolon.
I want to split the string so I can put each email on a different line.

Name                        Mail
-----------------------------------------
BusinessXPTO         mail1@xpto.com
BusinessXPTO         mail2@xpto.com

What is the best solution?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Here’s a simple example using the XML features in SQL Server 2005 and above. I’ve taken it verbatim from here but there are lots of examples if you google “split string sql server xml”

    DECLARE @xml as xml,@str as varchar(100),@delimiter as varchar(10)
SET @str='A,B,C,D,E'
SET @delimiter =','
SET @xml = cast(('<X>'+replace(@str,@delimiter ,'</X><X>')+'</X>') as xml)
SELECT N.value('.', 'varchar(10)') as value FROM @xml.nodes('X') as T(N)

    There are other solutions with cursors but this approach as worked well for me.

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