Question

We have a function that turns a delimited list into a table:

select * from dbo.fn_rpt_ParseValues('abc|123|test','|')

Results:

abc
123
test

How can I get each row into a SQL variable? For example:

@Name = 'abc'
@Phone = '123'
@Comment = 'test'

Thanks!

Answer 1

declare @S varchar(100) = 'abc|123|test'

declare @Name varchar(10)
declare @Phone varchar(10)
declare @Comment varchar(10)

select @Name = X.value('x[1]', 'varchar(10)'),
       @Phone = X.value('x[2]', 'varchar(10)'),
       @Comment = X.value('x[3]', 'varchar(10)')
from (select cast('<x>'+replace(@S, '|', '</x><x>')+'</x>' as xml)) as T(X)

select @Name, @Phone, @Comment