Question

I researched delimit issue for a while and I pull useful codes here and there, but I can’t quite put it together.
I’m trying to parse the string by word in SSIS and I NEED help on vb script component.
I need to delimit my column data to the following deliminator:
“AND”,”OR”,”**”, “,”
I have a table like this

ID Description
1 apple AND orange, tangerine
2 avocado OR guacamole AND pineapple OR fruit
3 watermelon ** melon

And I want to parse the data like this

ID Description
1 apple
1 orange
1 tangerine
2 avocado
2 guacamole
2 pineapple
2 fruit
3 watermelon
3 melon

Thank you.

Answer 1

In order to parte string by words is enought a combination of replace a split:

(I assume that you know how to take ID)

split(
  replace(
   replace (
     replace( Description, "AND", ","),
     "OR", ","
   ),
   "**", ","
  ), ","
)

this return a array of elements as you ask for:

id = 2
a=my_previous_functions_combination("avocado OR guacamole AND pineapple OR fruit")
for each fruit in a
    do something with id and fruit
next

so far, help with vb. I don’t know what you want to do in SSIS: a calculated member? a named set? Extend fact table? Read second answer part:

Second part:

To convert a row in multiples row you need a script. You can find a good example in SSIS – Script Component, Split single row to multiple rows post.