Convert Comma Separated column value to rows

Question

I have a table Sample with data stored like below

Id   | String -------------- 1     abc,def,ghi 2     jkl,mno,pqr 

I need the output like..

Id   | processedrows -------------- 1     abc 1     def 1     ghi 2     jkl 2     mno 2     pqr 

How can I do the same with a select query in SQL Server?

Answer 1

try this

 SELECT A.[id],        Split.a.value('.', 'VARCHAR(100)') AS String    FROM  (SELECT [id],            CAST ('<M>' + REPLACE([string], ',', '</M><M>') + '</M>' AS XML) AS String        FROM  TableA) AS A CROSS APPLY String.nodes ('/M') AS Split(a);  

refer here

http://www.sqljason.com/2010/05/converting-single-comma-separated-row.html

Answer 2

SELECT EmployeeID, LTRIM(RTRIM(m.n.value('.[1]','varchar(8000)'))) AS Certs FROM ( SELECT EmployeeID,CAST('<XMLRoot><RowData>' + REPLACE(Certs,',','</RowData><RowData>') + '</RowData></XMLRoot>' AS XML) AS x FROM   @t )t CROSS APPLY x.nodes('/XMLRoot/RowData')m(n)