Question

I have string with format 'S1CW3733|1050105000224,S1CW4923|1050105000009'

I have function in SQL which Convert it in format

item
S1CW3733|1050105000224
S1CW4923|1050105000009

is it possible to do it this way ? (multiple column)

item       item2
S1CW3733   1050105000224
S1CW4923   1050105000009

My function:-

ALTER Function [dbo].[fnSplit]
(
    @sInputList Varchar(8000), -- List of delimited items  
    @sDelimiter VarChar(8000) = ',' -- delimiter that separates items  
) 
Returns @List Table (item VarChar(8000))  
Begin  
 Declare @sItem VarChar(8000)  

 While CharIndex(@sDelimiter,@sInputList,0) <> 0  
  Begin  
   Select   
   @sItem=RTrim(LTrim(SubString(@sInputList,1,CharIndex(@sDelimiter,@sInputList,0)-1))),  
   @sInputList=RTrim(LTrim(SubString(@sInputList,CharIndex(@sDelimiter,@sInputList,0)+Len(@sDelimiter),Len(@sInputList))))  

   If Len(@sItem) > 0  
    Insert Into @List Select @sItem  
 End  

 If Len(@sInputList) > 0  
  Insert Into @List Select @sInputList -- Put the last item in  

 Return  
End

Answer 1

well if you have only two columns, you allways can do this

select
    left(f.item, c.c - 1) as item1,
    right(f.item, len(f.item) - c.c) as item12
from dbo.fnSplit('S1CW3733|1050105000224,S1CW4923|1050105000009', ',') as f
    outer apply (select charindex('|', f.item) as c) as c

I have not checked if charindex != 0, so you can add this check.

If, however, you have multiple columns delimited by ‘|’, I don’t think there’s a way to do it without dynamic SQL