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MySQL string split function
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-- SPLIT_STR MySQL Function | |
-- from http://blog.fedecarg.com/2009/02/22/mysql-split-string-function/ | |
CREATE FUNCTION SPLIT_STR( | |
x VARCHAR(255), | |
delim VARCHAR(12), | |
pos INT | |
) | |
RETURNS VARCHAR(255) | |
RETURN REPLACE(SUBSTRING(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos), | |
LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos -1)) + 1), | |
delim, ''); | |
/* | |
Example: | |
SELECT SPLIT_STR('a|bb|ccc|dd', '|', 3) as third; | |
+-------+ | |
| third | | |
+-------+ | |
| ccc | | |
+-------+ | |
*/ |
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Do you have a version that returns all strings? eg:
or
That would give: