create FUNCTION [dbo].[Split] ( @Delimiter varchar(5), @List varchar(8000) ) RETURNS @TableOfValues table ( RowID smallint IDENTITY(1,1), [Value] varchar(50) ) AS BEGIN DECLARE @LenString int WHILE len( @List ) > 0 BEGIN SELECT @LenString = (CASE charindex( @Delimiter, @List ) WHEN 0 THEN len( @List ) ELSE ( charindex( @Delimiter, @List ) -1 ) END ) INSERT INTO @TableOfValues SELECT substring( @List, 1, @LenString ) SELECT @List = (CASE ( len( @List ) - @LenString ) WHEN 0 THEN '' ELSE right( @List, len( @List ) - @LenString - 1 ) END ) END RETURN END