Select to comma delimited

create a function as follows

create FUNCTION [dbo].[GetListFromCSVString]
(            
      @csvString varchar(500)
)
RETURNS @ValueList TABLE
(
      ListValue varchar(50)
)
AS
begin
      declare @curPos int
      declare @prevCurPos int

      set @curPos = -1
      set @prevCurPos = 1
      
      While @curPos <>0
      begin
            set @curPos = charindex(',', @csvString, @curPos + 1)
            if @curPos <> 0
            begin
                  insert into @ValueList values( substring(@csvString, @prevCurPos, @curPos-@prevCurPos) )
            end
            else
            begin
                  insert into @ValueList values( substring(@csvString, @prevCurPos, len(@csvString)-@prevCurPos +1) )
            end
            Set @prevCurPos = @curPos+1
      end
      return

End


use it in your sql as follows


SELECT LISTITEMS.ListValue  FROM dbo.ParametersUsers
outer apply [dbo].[GetListFromCSVString](ParamName) as LISTITEMS

i think the separator you are using is ; the function i posted uses comma(,) as separator, just change it to ;

and if you want the results to limit to read 'FontItalic=' param only

SELECT LISTITEMS.ListValue  FROM dbo.ParametersUsers
outer apply [dbo].[GetListFromCSVString](ParamName) as LISTITEMS
where LISTITEMS.ListValue like 'FontItalic=%'

I tried the second solution got this error:
Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'outer'.

A

what is your sql server version? outer apply works in 2005 only

MS SQL 2000

try like this

in GetParamsFromTable() function you need to make few changes

change id in "Select id, ParamName from ParametersUsers" to whatever pkey ParametersUsers has.
if ParametersUsers has pkey with multiple columns then add them and change fetch statements and the out table params to reflect your table structure, or post your table structure here.

 
create function GetParamsFromTable()
returns @params table(id int,parameter varchar(500))
as
begin
      declare cur_Main cursor
            for Select id, ParamName from ParametersUsers
      declare @id int, @paramName varchar(500)
      open cur_Main

      fetch next from cur_Main into @id, @paramName
      while @@FETCH_STATUS=0
      begin
            insert into @params select @id, ListValue from [dbo].[GetListFromCSVString](@paramName)
            fetch  next from cur_Main into @id, @paramName
      end
      close cur_Main
      deallocate cur_Main
      return
end

GO


ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[GetListFromCSVString]
(            
      @csvString varchar(500)
)
RETURNS @ValueList TABLE
(
      ListValue varchar(500)
)
AS
begin
      declare @curPos int
      declare @prevCurPos int

      set @curPos = -1
      set @prevCurPos = 1
     
      While @curPos <>0
      begin
            set @curPos = charindex(';', @csvString, @curPos + 1)
            if @curPos <> 0
            begin
                  insert into @ValueList values( substring(@csvString, @prevCurPos, @curPos-@prevCurPos) )
            end
            else
            begin
                  insert into @ValueList values( substring(@csvString, @prevCurPos, len(@csvString)-@prevCurPos +1) )
            end
            Set @prevCurPos = @curPos+1
      end
      return

End
GO




and execute the following sql

SELECT *  FROM GetParamsFromTable()

Is the above code to add to an asp page ? .. ASP/VB ?  If it can only be run in sql analizer it wont work, this is to be added to an ASP page which should return a recordset, I am using Dreamweaver to do this.

create the functions by executing them in sql analyzer.

and use
SELECT *  FROM GetParamsFromTable()

to get the data in ASP.

I created the function, when I run in queryanalizer I get:

Server: Msg 313, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
An insufficient number of arguments were supplied for the procedure or function GetParamsFromTable.

Which parameters do I need to pass to the function ?

A

i think you tried
SELECT *  FROM GetParamsFromTable

you need provide "()" without any params.
try
SELECT *  FROM GetParamsFromTable()

Server: Msg 313, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
An insufficient number of arguments were supplied for the procedure or function GetParamsFromTable.

did you change something in the funtion?
can you post the existing function script from your db?

First I modified this and ran:

create function GetParamsFromTable()
returns @params table(paramid int,parameter varchar(500))
as
begin
      declare cur_Main cursor
            for Select paramid, ParamName from ParametersUsers
      declare @id int, @paramName varchar(500)
      open cur_Main

      fetch next from cur_Main into @id, @paramName
      while @@FETCH_STATUS=0
      begin
            insert into @params select @id, ListValue from [dbo].[GetListFromCSVString](@paramName)
            fetch  next from cur_Main into @id, @paramName
      end
      close cur_Main
      deallocate cur_Main
      return
end

GO

------

Then I tried to run :

ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[GetListFromCSVString]
(            
      @csvString varchar(500)
)
RETURNS @ValueList TABLE
(
      ListValue varchar(500)
)
AS
begin
      declare @curPos int
      declare @prevCurPos int

      set @curPos = -1
      set @prevCurPos = 1
     
      While @curPos <>0
      begin
            set @curPos = charindex(';', @csvString, @curPos + 1)
            if @curPos <> 0
            begin
                  insert into @ValueList values( substring(@csvString, @prevCurPos, @curPos-@prevCurPos) )
            end
            else
            begin
                  insert into @ValueList values( substring(@csvString, @prevCurPos, len(@csvString)-@prevCurPos +1) )
            end
            Set @prevCurPos = @curPos+1
      end
      return

End
GO


But I get the following error:

Server: Msg 208, Level 16, State 6, Procedure GetListFromCSVString, Line 30
Invalid object name 'dbo.GetListFromCSVString'.


So i changed the name from getlistfromcsvstring to the GetParamsFromTable, but it doesnt work.

ok try as follows

STEP 1:  run the following in query analyzer

drop function GetParamsFromTable
go
drop function GetListFromCSVString

STEP 2: run the following in query analyzer

create FUNCTION [dbo].[GetListFromCSVString]
(            
      @csvString varchar(500)
)
RETURNS @ValueList TABLE
(
      ListValue varchar(500)
)
AS
begin
      declare @curPos int
      declare @prevCurPos int

      set @curPos = -1
      set @prevCurPos = 1
     
      While @curPos <>0
      begin
            set @curPos = charindex(';', @csvString, @curPos + 1)
            if @curPos <> 0
            begin
                  insert into @ValueList values( substring(@csvString, @prevCurPos, @curPos-@prevCurPos) )
            end
            else
            begin
                  insert into @ValueList values( substring(@csvString, @prevCurPos, len(@csvString)-@prevCurPos +1) )
            end
            Set @prevCurPos = @curPos+1
      end
      return

End
GO

STEP 3: run the following in query analyzer

create function GetParamsFromTable()
returns @params table(id int,parameter varchar(500))
as
begin
      declare cur_Main cursor
            for Select id, ParamName from ParametersUsers
      declare @id int, @paramName varchar(500)
      open cur_Main

      fetch next from cur_Main into @id, @paramName
      while @@FETCH_STATUS=0
      begin
            insert into @params select @id, ListValue from [dbo].[GetListFromCSVString](@paramName)
            fetch  next from cur_Main into @id, @paramName
      end
      close cur_Main
      deallocate cur_Main
      return
end

GO



finally try running

SELECT *  FROM GetParamsFromTable()

create function GetParamsFromTable() ...
should be
create function dbo.GetParamsFromTable() ...

and similary:
SELECT *  FROM GetParamsFromTable()
needs to be:
SELECT *  FROM dbo.GetParamsFromTable()

ms sql server is picky about the functions, the owner must be specified.