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Sql 2016's string_split function screams when you don't need to save the elements into a table. If you do need to do that, then it's slow! Almost as slow as an optimized t-sql split func.
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string_split_perf_into_table_is_poor.sql
if object_id('dbo.fn_split') is not null drop function fn_split;
if object_id('dbo.splitVarbinary') is not null drop function dbo.splitvarbinary;
if exists (select 1 from sys.assemblies where name='split') drop assembly split;
CREATE ASSEMBLY [Split]
AUTHORIZATION [dbo]
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WITH PERMISSION_SET = SAFE;
GO
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[SplitVarbinary]
(@bytes VARBINARY (8000), @delimiter TINYINT)
RETURNS
TABLE (
[itemNumber] INT NULL,
[start] INT NULL,
[num] INT NULL)
AS EXTERNAL NAME [Split].[UserDefinedFunctions].[SplitVarbinary];
Go
CREATE function [dbo].[fn_split](@string varchar(8000),@delimiter char(1))
returns table with schemabinding as
return
select itemNumber,item=substring(@string,start,num)
from dbo.SplitVarbinary(convert(varbinary(8000),@string),ascii(@delimiter));
GO
if(OBJECT_ID('delimitedSplit8k') is not null) drop function DelimitedSplit8K;
go
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[DelimitedSplit8K]
--===== Define I/O parameters
(@pString VARCHAR(8000) , @pDelimiter CHAR(1))
--WARNING!!! DO NOT USE MAX DATA-TYPES HERE! IT WILL KILL PERFORMANCE!
RETURNS TABLE WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
RETURN
--===== "Inline" CTE Driven "Tally Table" produces values from 1 up to 10,000...
-- enough to cover VARCHAR(8000)
WITH E1(N) AS (
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL
SELECT 1
),
E2(N) AS(select 1 from E1,E1 b),
E4(N) as(select 1 from e2,e2 b),
cteTally(N) AS (--==== This provides the "base" CTE and limits the number of rows right up front
-- for both a performance gain and prevention of accidental "overruns"
SELECT TOP (ISNULL(DATALENGTH(@pString),0)) ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (select null)) FROM E4
),
cteStart(N1) AS (--==== This returns N+1 (starting position of each "element" just once for each delimiter)
SELECT 1
UNION ALL
SELECT t.N+1 FROM cteTally t
WHERE SUBSTRING(@pString,t.N,1) = @pDelimiter
),
cteLen(N1,L1) AS(
SELECT s.N1,
ISNULL(NULLIF(CHARINDEX(@pDelimiter,@pString,s.N1) ,0)-s.N1,8000)
FROM cteStart s
)
--===== Do the actual split. The ISNULL/NULLIF combo handles the length for the final element when no delimiter is found.
SELECT ItemNumber = ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY l.N1),
item = SUBSTRING(@pString, l.N1, l.L1)
FROM cteLen l
;
GO
if object_id('stringsplit') is not null drop function dbo.stringsplit
go
create function dbo.stringsplit(@pstring varchar(8000),@delimiter char(1))
returns table
with schemabinding as
return
select itemNumber = ROW_NUMBER() over (order by (select 1)),
item = value
from string_split(@pstring,@delimiter);
go
if OBJECT_ID('ifunction') is not null drop view dbo.iFunction;
go
CREATE VIEW dbo.iFunction
with schemabinding
AS
SELECT MyNewID = NEWID(),
MyDate = GETDATE();
GO
if OBJECT_ID('createcsv8k') is not null drop function dbo.CreateCsv8K;
go
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.CreateCsv8K
(
@pNumberOfRows INT,
@pNumberOfElementsPerRow INT,
@pMinElementwidth INT,
@pMaxElementWidth INT
)
RETURNS TABLE
AS
RETURN
--===== This creates and populates a test table on the fly containing a
-- sequential column and a randomly generated CSV Parameter column.
SELECT TOP (@pNumberOfRows) --Controls the number of rows in the test table
ISNULL(ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY(SELECT NULL)),0) AS RowNum,
CSV =
(--==== This creates each CSV
SELECT CAST(
STUFF( --=== STUFF get's rid of the leading comma
( --=== This builds CSV row with a leading comma
SELECT TOP (@pNumberOfElementsPerRow) --Controls the number of CSV elements in each row
','
+ LEFT(--==== Builds random length variable within element width constraints
LEFT(REPLICATE('1234567890',CEILING(@pMaxElementWidth/10.0)), @pMaxElementWidth),
ABS(CHECKSUM((SELECT MyNewID FROM dbo.iFunction)))
% (@pMaxElementWidth - @pMinElementwidth + 1) + @pMinElementwidth
)
FROM sys.All_Columns ac3 --Classic cross join pseudo-cursor
CROSS JOIN sys.All_Columns ac4 --can produce row sets up 16 million.
WHERE ac3.Object_ID <> ac1.Object_ID --Without this line, all rows would be the same.
FOR XML PATH('')
)
,1,1,'')
AS VARCHAR(8000))
)
FROM sys.All_Columns ac1
CROSS JOIN sys.All_Columns ac2
;
GO
exec sp_executesql N'select * into #a from fn_split(''1,2,3'','','')'
exec sp_executesql N'select * into #a from stringsplit(''1,2,3'','','')'
exec sp_executesql N'select * into #a from delimitedsplit8k(''1,2,3'','','')'
select * into c from CreateCsv8K(100000,20,20,30) OPTION (QUERYTRACEON 8690)
DBCC FREEPROCCACHE;DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS;
go
create table #k(
rowNum int,
itemNumber int,
item varchar(8000)
)
declare @ datetime2=sysdatetime()
insert into #k
select rowNum,itemNumber,item
from c
cross apply dbo.[DelimitedSplit8K](csv,',') s
option(maxdop 1)
select splitter = 'delimitedsplit8k',duration = datediff(ms,@,sysdatetime())/1e3
drop table #k
DBCC FREEPROCCACHE;DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS;
go
create table #k(
rowNum int,
itemNumber int,
item varchar(8000)
)
declare @ datetime2=sysdatetime()
insert into #k
select rowNum,itemNumber,item
from c
cross apply dbo.[fn_split](csv,',') s
option(maxdop 1)
select splitter = 'fn_split',duration = datediff(ms,@,sysdatetime())/1e3
drop table #k
DBCC FREEPROCCACHE;DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS;
go
create table #k(
rowNum int,
itemNumber int,
item varchar(8000)
)
declare @ datetime2=sysdatetime()
insert into #k
select rowNum,itemNumber,item
from c
cross apply dbo.stringsplit(csv,',') s
option(maxdop 1)
select splitter = 'stringsplit',duration = datediff(ms,@,sysdatetime())/1e3
drop table #k
go
drop table c
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