Found: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5928599/equivalent-of-explode-to-work-with-strings-in-mysql

explode-stored-procedure.sql

DELIMITER |

CREATE PROCEDURE explode( pDelim VARCHAR(32), pStr TEXT)                                
BEGIN                                
  DROP TABLE IF EXISTS temp_explode;                                
  CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE temp_explode (id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, word VARCHAR(40));                                
  SET @sql := CONCAT('INSERT INTO temp_explode (word) VALUES (', REPLACE(QUOTE(pStr), pDelim, '\'), (\''), ')');                                
  PREPARE myStmt FROM @sql;                                
  EXECUTE myStmt;                                
END |   

DELIMITER ;