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gupta.sreekanth

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February 28, 2011 at 11:39 pm

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hi
can any one help me in splitting like this in ssis
bas-06-12586
to
bas
06
12586
in different columns

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Sezam Ten Centuries Points: 1240 More actions · Answer 1

Hi gupta.sreekanth,

I'm not that expert in scripting, but for the starting u may use following i guess:

Select SUBSTRING(dbo.Table.Column, 0, CHARINDEX('-', dbo.Table.Column, 1,)) as Column1

Orlando Colamatteo SSC Guru Points: 182279 More actions · Answer 2

gupta.sreekanth (2/28/2011)
hi
can any one help me in splitting like this in ssis
bas-06-12586
to
bas
06
12586
in different columns

In SSIS you can use the Derived Column Data Flow Transformation in your Data Flow Task. This will allow you to run an expression against the incoming column containing the dash-delimited strings to create three output columns.

Within the Derived Column Data Flow Transformation SSIS provides a decent expression-builder with functions like FINDSTRING, LEN and SUBSTRING that will support this effort.

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madhuri-425013 Say Hey Kid Points: 679 More actions · Answer 3

Hi,

You can use the below query in the ssis.

I have taken your string in to one variable and splitted the string in to 3 columns.

There are two methods to derive this

1)Using substring , patindex

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declare @ssn varchar(50)

set @ssn = 'bas-06-12586'

select @ssn,

substring(@ssn,0,patindex('%-[0-9]%',@ssn)) as first,

substring(substring(@ssn,patindex('%-[0-9]%',@ssn)+1,len(@ssn) - patindex('%-[0-9]%',@ssn)),

0,

patindex('%-[0-9]%',substring(@ssn,patindex('%-[0-9]%',@ssn)+1,len(@ssn) - patindex('%-[0-9]%',@ssn)))) as second,

substring(substring(@ssn,patindex('%-[0-9]%',@ssn)+1,len(@ssn) - patindex('%-[0-9]%',@ssn)),

4,

len(substring(@ssn,patindex('%-[0-9]%',@ssn)+1,len(@ssn) - patindex('%-[0-9]%',@ssn)))) as third

2)Using Substring, patindex, reverse

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declare @ssn varchar(50)

set @ssn = 'bas-06-12586'

select @ssn,

reverse(substring(substring(reverse(@ssn),patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))+1,len(reverse(@ssn))-patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))),

patindex('%-[a-z]%',substring(reverse(@ssn),patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))+1,len(reverse(@ssn))-patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))))+1,

len(substring(reverse(@ssn),patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))+1,len(reverse(@ssn))-patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn)))))) as first,

reverse(substring(substring(reverse(@ssn),patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))+1,len(reverse(@ssn))-patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))),

patindex('%[0-9][0-9]-%',substring(reverse(@ssn),patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))+1,len(reverse(@ssn))-patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn)))),

patindex('%-[a-z]%',substring(reverse(@ssn),patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))+1,len(reverse(@ssn))-patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))))

- patindex('%[0-9][0-9]-%',substring(reverse(@ssn),patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))+1,len(reverse(@ssn))-patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn))))

)) as second,

reverse(substring(reverse(@ssn),0,patindex('%-[0-9]%',reverse(@ssn)))) as third

You can use any of the method and can try in SSIS.

Hope this might solve your problem.

Thanks,

Madhuri

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004414 More actions · Answer 4

If the expected format of the source data is always the same, this is a simple way to do it...

DECLARE @SplitString VARCHAR(100)

SELECT @SplitString = 'bas-06-12586'

SELECT Col1 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(@SplitString,'-','.'),3),

Col2 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(@SplitString,'-','.'),2),

Col3 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(@SplitString,'-','.'),1)

You can use a column name in place of @SplitString just as easily...

SELECT Col1 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(YourColumn,'-','.'),3),

Col2 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(YourColumn,'-','.'),2),

Col3 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(YourColumn,'-','.'),1)

FROM dbo.YourTable

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Jeff Moden (3/2/2011)
If the expected format of the source data is always the same, this is a simple way to do it...
DECLARE @SplitString VARCHAR(100)
SELECT @SplitString = 'bas-06-12586'
SELECT Col1 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(@SplitString,'-','.'),3),
Col2 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(@SplitString,'-','.'),2),
Col3 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(@SplitString,'-','.'),1)
You can use a column name in place of @SplitString just as easily...
SELECT Col1 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(YourColumn,'-','.'),3),
Col2 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(YourColumn,'-','.'),2),
Col3 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(YourColumn,'-','.'),1)
FROM dbo.YourTable

That is a very interesting method. (I had never heard of the PARSENAME function before).

Another one for my knowledge base 🙂

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Koen Verbeeck (3/2/2011)
Jeff Moden (3/2/2011)
If the expected format of the source data is always the same, this is a simple way to do it...
DECLARE @SplitString VARCHAR(100)
SELECT @SplitString = 'bas-06-12586'
SELECT Col1 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(@SplitString,'-','.'),3),
Col2 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(@SplitString,'-','.'),2),
Col3 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(@SplitString,'-','.'),1)
You can use a column name in place of @SplitString just as easily...
SELECT Col1 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(YourColumn,'-','.'),3),
Col2 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(YourColumn,'-','.'),2),
Col3 = PARSENAME(REPLACE(YourColumn,'-','.'),1)
FROM dbo.YourTable
That is a very interesting method. (I had never heard of the PARSENAME function before).
Another one for my knowledge base 🙂

Me too 😀

Just having a play with the statement now.... nice and simple :hehe:

Jeff strikes again :hehe:

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#1293522

thanks a ton......................

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#1293523

thanks a ton......................

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#1293524

thanks a ton......................

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#1293525

thanks a ton......................

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#1293527

thanks a ton......................

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Very smart method, I dig it!

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Koen Verbeeck (3/2/2011)
That is a very interesting method. (I had never heard of the PARSENAME function before).
Another one for my knowledge base 🙂

grahamc (3/2/2011)
Me too 😀
Just having a play with the statement now.... nice and simple :hehe:
Jeff strikes again :hehe:

Ryan Fitzgerald (3/2/2011)
Very smart method, I dig it!

Thanks for the feedback, folks. Simple 2, 3, or 4 part splits seem to come up a lot. What'cha figure? "SQL Spackle" article worthy?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004414 More actions · Answer 14

gupta.sreekanth (3/2/2011)
thanks a ton......................

You bet... thank you for the feedback.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)