SQL Server split CSV into multiple rows - sql-server

Question

I realize this question has been asked before, but I can't get it to work for some reason.
I'm using the split function from this SQL Team thread (second post) and the following queries.
--This query converts the interests field from text to varchar
select
cp.id
,cast(cp.interests as varchar(100)) as interests
into #client_profile_temp
from
client_profile cp
--This query is supposed to split the csv ("Golf","food") into multiple rows
select
cpt.id
,split.data
from
#client_profile_temp cpt
cross apply dbo.split(
cpt.interests, ',') as split <--Error is on this line
However I'm getting an
Incorrect syntax near '.'
error where I've marked above.
In the end, I want
ID INTERESTS
000CT00002UA "Golf","food"
to be
ID INTERESTS
000CT00002UA "Golf"
000CT00002UA "food"
I'm using SQL Server 2008 and basing my answer on this StackOverflow question. I'm fairly new to SQL so any other words of wisdom would be appreciated as well.

Answer 1

TABLE
x-----------------x--------------------x
| ID | INTERESTS |
x-----------------x--------------------x
| 000CT00002UA | Golf,food |
| 000CT12303CB | Cricket,Bat |
x------x----------x--------------------x
METHOD 1 : Using XML format
SELECT ID,Split.a.value('.', 'VARCHAR(100)') 'INTERESTS'
FROM
(
-- To change ',' to any other delimeter, just change ',' before '</M><M>' to your desired one
SELECT ID, CAST ('<M>' + REPLACE(INTERESTS, ',', '</M><M>') + '</M>' AS XML) AS Data
FROM TEMP
) AS A
CROSS APPLY Data.nodes ('/M') AS Split(a)
SQL FIDDLE
METHOD 2 : Using function dbo.Split
SELECT a.ID, b.items
FROM #TEMP a
CROSS APPLY dbo.Split(a.INTERESTS, ',') b
SQL FIDDLE
And dbo.Split function is here.
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[Split](#String varchar(8000), #Delimiter char(1))
returns #temptable TABLE (items varchar(8000))
as
begin
declare #idx int
declare #slice varchar(8000)
select #idx = 1
if len(#String)<1 or #String is null return
while #idx!= 0
begin
set #idx = charindex(#Delimiter,#String)
if #idx!=0
set #slice = left(#String,#idx - 1)
else
set #slice = #String
if(len(#slice)>0)
insert into #temptable(Items) values(#slice)
set #String = right(#String,len(#String) - #idx)
if len(#String) = 0 break
end
return
end
FINAL RESULT

Answer 2

from
#client_profile_temp cpt
cross apply dbo.split(
#client_profile_temp.interests, ',') as split <--Error is on this line
I think the explicit naming of #client_profile_temp after you gave it an alias is a problem, try making that last line:
cpt.interests, ',') as split <--Error is on this line
EDIT You say
I made this change and it didn't change anything
Try pasting the code below (into a new SSMS window)
create table #client_profile_temp
(id int,
interests varchar(500))
insert into #client_profile_temp
values
(5, 'Vodka,Potassium,Trigo'),
(6, 'Mazda,Boeing,Alcoa')
select
cpt.id
,split.data
from
#client_profile_temp cpt
cross apply dbo.split(cpt.interests, ',') as split
See if it works as you expect; I'm using sql server 2008 and that works for me to get the kind of results I think you want.
Any chance when you say "I made the change", you just changed a stored procedure but haven't run it, or changed a script that creates a stored procedure, and haven't run that, something along those lines? As I say, it seems to work for me.

Answer 3

As this is old, it seems the following works in SQL Azure (as of 3/2022)
The big changes being split.value instead of .data or .items as shown above; no as after the function, and lastly string_split is the method.
select Id, split.value
from #reportTmp03 rpt
cross apply string_split(SelectedProductIds, ',') split

Answer 4

Try this:
--This query is supposed to split the csv ("Golf","food") into multiple rows
select
cpt.id
,split.data
from
#client_profile_temp cpt
cross apply dbo.split(cpt.interests, ',') as split <--Error is on this line
You must use table alias instead of table name as soon as you define it.