Reputation: 4249
I'm using the split function from this SQL Team thread (second post) and the following queries.
--This query converts the interests field from text to varchar
select
cp.id
,cast(cp.interests as varchar(100)) as interests
into #client_profile_temp
from
client_profile cp
--This query is supposed to split the csv ("Golf","food") into multiple rows
select
cpt.id
,split.data
from
#client_profile_temp cpt
cross apply dbo.split(
cpt.interests, ',') as split <--Error is on this line
However I'm getting an
Incorrect syntax near '.' error where I've marked above.
In the end, I want
ID INTERESTS
000CT00002UA "Golf","food"
to be
ID INTERESTS
000CT00002UA "Golf"
000CT00002UA "food"
I'm using SQL Server 2008 and basing my answer on this StackOverflow question.
Upvotes: 6
Views: 24494
Reputation: 846
As this is old, it seems the following works in SQL Azure (as of 3/2022) The big changes being split.value instead of .data or .items as shown above; no as after the function, and lastly string_split is the method.
select Id, split.value
from #reportTmp03 rpt
cross apply string_split(SelectedProductIds, ',') split
Upvotes: 3
Reputation: 21401
TABLE
x-----------------x--------------------x
| ID | INTERESTS |
x-----------------x--------------------x
| 000CT00002UA | Golf,food |
| 000CT12303CB | Cricket,Bat |
x------x----------x--------------------x
METHOD 1 : Using XML
format
SELECT ID,Split.a.value('.', 'VARCHAR(100)') 'INTERESTS'
FROM
(
-- To change ',' to any other delimeter, just change ',' before '</M><M>' to your desired one
SELECT ID, CAST ('<M>' + REPLACE(INTERESTS, ',', '</M><M>') + '</M>' AS XML) AS Data
FROM TEMP
) AS A
CROSS APPLY Data.nodes ('/M') AS Split(a)
METHOD 2 : Using function dbo.Split
SELECT a.ID, b.items
FROM #TEMP a
CROSS APPLY dbo.Split(a.INTERESTS, ',') b
And dbo.Split
function is here.
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
FINAL RESULT
Upvotes: 10
Reputation: 2015
from
#client_profile_temp cpt
cross apply dbo.split(
#client_profile_temp.interests, ',') as split <--Error is on this line
I think the explicit naming of #client_profile_temp after you gave it an alias is a problem, try making that last line:
cpt.interests, ',') as split <--Error is on this line
EDIT You say
I made this change and it didn't change anything
Try pasting the code below (into a new SSMS window)
create table #client_profile_temp
(id int,
interests varchar(500))
insert into #client_profile_temp
values
(5, 'Vodka,Potassium,Trigo'),
(6, 'Mazda,Boeing,Alcoa')
select
cpt.id
,split.data
from
#client_profile_temp cpt
cross apply dbo.split(cpt.interests, ',') as split
See if it works as you expect; I'm using sql server 2008 and that works for me to get the kind of results I think you want.
Any chance when you say "I made the change", you just changed a stored procedure but haven't run it, or changed a script that creates a stored procedure, and haven't run that, something along those lines? As I say, it seems to work for me.
Upvotes: 8
Reputation: 2895
Try this:
--This query is supposed to split the csv ("Golf","food") into multiple rows
select
cpt.id
,split.data
from
#client_profile_temp cpt
cross apply dbo.split(cpt.interests, ',') as split <--Error is on this line
You must use table alias instead of table name as soon as you define it.
Upvotes: 0