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

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

你可以使用SQL Server中的递归函数:

示例表:

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';

查询

WITH tmp(SomeID, OtherID, DataItem, String) AS
(
    SELECT
        SomeID,
        OtherID,
        LEFT(String, CHARINDEX(',', String + ',') - 1),
        STUFF(String, 1, CHARINDEX(',', String + ','), '')
    FROM Testdata
    UNION all

    SELECT
        SomeID,
        OtherID,
        LEFT(String, CHARINDEX(',', String + ',') - 1),
        STUFF(String, 1, CHARINDEX(',', String + ','), '')
    FROM tmp
    WHERE
        String > ''
)
SELECT
    SomeID,
    OtherID,
    DataItem
FROM tmp
ORDER BY SomeID;
-- OPTION (maxrecursion 0)
-- normally recursion is limited to 100. If you know you have very long
-- strings, uncomment the option

输出

 SomeID | OtherID | DataItem 
--------+---------+----------
 1      | 9       | 18       
 1      | 9       | 20       
 1      | 9       | 22       
 2      | 8       | 17       
 2      | 8       | 19       
 3      | 7       | 13       
 3      | 7       | 19       
 3      | 7       | 20       
 4      | 6       |          
 9      | 11      | 1        
 9      | 11      | 2        
 9      | 11      | 3        
 9      | 11      | 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。

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

DECLARE @id_list VARCHAR(MAX) = '1234,23,56,576,1231,567,122,87876,57553,1216';
DECLARE @table TABLE ( id VARCHAR(50) );
DECLARE @x INT = 0;
DECLARE @firstcomma INT = 0;
DECLARE @nextcomma INT = 0;

SET @x = LEN(@id_list) - LEN(REPLACE(@id_list, ',', '')) + 1; -- number of ids in id_list

WHILE @x > 0
    BEGIN
        SET @nextcomma = CASE WHEN CHARINDEX(',', @id_list, @firstcomma + 1) = 0
                              THEN LEN(@id_list) + 1
                              ELSE CHARINDEX(',', @id_list, @firstcomma + 1)
                         END;
        INSERT  INTO @table
        VALUES  ( SUBSTRING(@id_list, @firstcomma + 1, (@nextcomma - @firstcomma) - 1) );
        SET @firstcomma = CHARINDEX(',', @id_list, @firstcomma + 1);
        SET @x = @x - 1;
    END;

SELECT  *
FROM    @table;