;WITH tmp(SomeID, OtherID, DataItem, Data) as (
    SELECT SomeID, OtherID, LEFT(Data, CHARINDEX(',',Data+',')-1),
        STUFF(Data, 1, CHARINDEX(',',Data+','), '')
FROM Testdata
WHERE Data > ''
)
SELECT SomeID, OtherID, Data
FROM tmp
ORDER BY SomeID

仅对上述查询进行了微小的修改…

函数

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.SplitToRows (@column varchar(100), @separator varchar(10))
RETURNS @rtnTable TABLE
  (
  ID int identity(1,1),
  ColumnA varchar(max)
  )
 AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @position int = 0;
    DECLARE @endAt int = 0;
    DECLARE @tempString varchar(100);
    
    set @column = ltrim(rtrim(@column));

    WHILE @position<=len(@column)
    BEGIN       
        set @endAt = CHARINDEX(@separator,@column,@position);
            if(@endAt=0)
            begin
            Insert into @rtnTable(ColumnA) Select substring(@column,@position,len(@column)-@position);
            break;
            end;
        set @tempString = substring(ltrim(rtrim(@column)),@position,@endAt-@position);

        Insert into @rtnTable(ColumnA) select @tempString;
        set @position=@endAt+1;
    END;
    return;
END;

用例

select * from dbo.SplitToRows('T14; p226.0001; eee; 3554;', ';');

或者只是一个有多个结果集的选择

DECLARE @column varchar(max)= '1234; 4748;abcde; 324432';
DECLARE @separator varchar(10) = ';';
DECLARE @position int = 0;
DECLARE @endAt int = 0;
DECLARE @tempString varchar(100);

set @column = ltrim(rtrim(@column));

WHILE @position<=len(@column)
BEGIN       
    set @endAt = CHARINDEX(@separator,@column,@position);
        if(@endAt=0)
        begin
        Select substring(@column,@position,len(@column)-@position);
        break;
        end;
    set @tempString = substring(ltrim(rtrim(@column)),@position,@endAt-@position);

    select @tempString;
    set @position=@endAt+1;
END;

请参考下面的TSQL。STRING_SPLIT函数仅在兼容性级别130及更高级别下可用。

TSQL:

DECLARE @stringValue NVARCHAR(400) = 'red,blue,green,yellow,black';
DECLARE @separator CHAR = ',';

SELECT [value]  As Colour
FROM STRING_SPLIT(@stringValue, @separator); 

结果:

颜色

红色的 蓝色的 绿色 黄色的 黑色的

通过创建这个分割字符串的函数([DelimitedSplit])，可以对SELECT执行OUTER APPLY。

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[DelimitedSplit]
--===== Define I/O parameters
        (@pString VARCHAR(8000), @pDelimiter CHAR(1))
--WARNING!!! DO NOT USE MAX DATA-TYPES HERE!  IT WILL KILL PERFORMANCE!
RETURNS TABLE WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
 RETURN
--===== "Inline" CTE Driven "Tally Table" produces values from 1 up to 10,000...
     -- enough to cover VARCHAR(8000)
  WITH E1(N) AS (
                 SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL
                 SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL
                 SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1
                ),                          --10E+1 or 10 rows
       E2(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E1 a INNER JOIN E1 b ON b.N = a.N), --10E+2 or 100 rows
       E4(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E2 a INNER JOIN E2 b ON b.N = a.N), --10E+4 or 10,000 rows max
 cteTally(N) AS (--==== This provides the "base" CTE and limits the number of rows right up front
                     -- for both a performance gain and prevention of accidental "overruns"
                 SELECT TOP (ISNULL(DATALENGTH(@pString),0)) ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) FROM E4
                ),
cteStart(N1) AS (--==== This returns N+1 (starting position of each "element" just once for each delimiter)
                 SELECT 1 UNION ALL
                 SELECT t.N+1 FROM cteTally t WHERE SUBSTRING(@pString,t.N,1) = @pDelimiter
                ),
cteLen(N1,L1) AS(--==== Return start and length (for use in substring)
                 SELECT s.N1,
                        ISNULL(NULLIF(CHARINDEX(@pDelimiter,@pString,s.N1),0)-s.N1,8000)
                   FROM cteStart s
                )
--===== Do the actual split. The ISNULL/NULLIF combo handles the length for the final element when no delimiter is found.
 SELECT ItemNumber = ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY l.N1),
        Item       = SUBSTRING(@pString, l.N1, l.L1)
   FROM cteLen l
;

TEST

CREATE TABLE #Testdata
(
    SomeID INT,
    OtherID INT,
    String VARCHAR(MAX)
);

INSERT #Testdata SELECT 1,  9, '18,20,22';
INSERT #Testdata SELECT 2,  8, '17,19';
INSERT #Testdata SELECT 3,  7, '13,19,20';
INSERT #Testdata SELECT 4,  6, '';
INSERT #Testdata SELECT 9, 11, '1,2,3,4';

SELECT
 *
FROM #Testdata
OUTER APPLY [dbo].[DelimitedSplit](String,',');

DROP TABLE #Testdata;

结果

SomeID  OtherID String      ItemNumber  Item
1       9       18,20,22    1           18
1       9       18,20,22    2           20
1       9       18,20,22    3           22
2       8       17,19       1           17
2       8       17,19       2           19
3       7       13,19,20    1           13
3       7       13,19,20    2           19
3       7       13,19,20    3           20
4       6       1   
9       11      1,2,3,4     1           1
9       11      1,2,3,4     2           2
9       11      1,2,3,4     3           3
9       11      1,2,3,4     4           4

以下工作在sql server 2008

select *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(order by items) as row# 
from 
( select 134 myColumn1, 34 myColumn2, 'd,c,k,e,f,g,h,a' comaSeperatedColumn) myTable
    cross apply 
SPLIT (rtrim(comaSeperatedColumn), ',') splitedTable -- gives 'items'  column 

将得到所有的笛卡尔积与原表列加上“项目”的分割表。

终于，SQL Server 2016结束了等待。他们引入了Split字符串函数STRING_SPLIT:

select OtherID, cs.Value --SplitData
from yourtable
cross apply STRING_SPLIT (Data, ',') cs

所有其他方法来分割字符串，如XML, tallytable, while循环等。已经被STRING_SPLIT函数破坏了。

这里有一篇关于性能比较的优秀文章:性能惊喜和假设:STRING_SPLIT。

对于旧版本，这里使用的是一个分割字符串函数(可能的最佳方法)

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[DelimitedSplit8K] (@pString VARCHAR(8000), @pDelimiter CHAR(1)) RETURNS TABLE WITH SCHEMABINDING AS RETURN --===== "Inline" CTE Driven "Tally Table" produces values from 0 up to 10,000... -- enough to cover NVARCHAR(4000) WITH E1(N) AS ( SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 ), --10E+1 or 10 rows E2(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E1 a, E1 b), --10E+2 or 100 rows E4(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E2 a, E2 b), --10E+4 or 10,000 rows max cteTally(N) AS (--==== This provides the "base" CTE and limits the number of rows right up front -- for both a performance gain and prevention of accidental "overruns" SELECT TOP (ISNULL(DATALENGTH(@pString),0)) ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) FROM E4 ), cteStart(N1) AS (--==== This returns N+1 (starting position of each "element" just once for each delimiter) SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT t.N+1 FROM cteTally t WHERE SUBSTRING(@pString,t.N,1) = @pDelimiter ), cteLen(N1,L1) AS(--==== Return start and length (for use in substring) SELECT s.N1, ISNULL(NULLIF(CHARINDEX(@pDelimiter,@pString,s.N1),0)-s.N1,8000) FROM cteStart s ) --===== Do the actual split. The ISNULL/NULLIF combo handles the length for the final element when no delimiter is found. SELECT ItemNumber = ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY l.N1), Item = SUBSTRING(@pString, l.N1, l.L1) FROM cteLen l ;

从talley引用哦!一个改进的SQL 8K“CSV分配器”函数