New line Charecter

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New line Charecter

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July 26, 2011 at 9:21 am

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Guys,
I have a column where string stored should be split into multiple lines as select query output based on ' ' delimiter. For example
John VS Smith
to
John
VS
smith
Is there any to insert new line charecter in the select query based on a delimiter.
Any suggestions/inputs would help.
Thanks

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 1

You could use Replace to replace spaces with new lines. Are you familiar with using Replace?

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@SQLFRNDZ SSCrazy Eights Points: 9095 More actions · Answer 2

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

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 3

Don't use that UDF for this.

There are much better (faster, more reliable) string split functions available.

Also, it doesn't actually do what you asked for. It doesn't add in newline characters, it splits data across rows in a table. Two entirely different things.

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Kath Smith Old Hand Points: 324 More actions · Answer 4

DECLARE @test1 varchar(50)

,@Test2 varchar(50)

SET @test1 = 'John VS Smith'

SET @Test2 = replace(@test1, char(32), char(13))

select @test1

result --------

John VS Smith

select @test2

result --------

John

VS

Smith

Sriram.RM Hall of Fame Points: 3368 More actions · Answer 5

As mentioned by GSquared, if u want to introduce newline in the place of the delimiter you can go for replace function else it would be advisable to look into splitter functions, preferably a set based one..

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004355 More actions · Answer 6

@SQLFRNDZ (7/26/2011)
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

Good golly, NO! 😉 You just don't need the slothfulness of a While loop. Please see the following article...

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/

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