On 8/24/2011 9:05 PM, Gregory Moore wrote:
> I'm thinking it's parameters would be the name of a column and a character to 
> designate where the string wold be separated.  It would return multiple rows 
> and each row would contain a piece of the string.
>
> In other word, take a table like this:
>
> c1 c2
> -------
> 1  a; b; c
>
> run a statement like this:
>
> select c1, split(c2, ';')from t1;
>
> and get this:
>
> c1 c2
> -------
> 1   a
> 1   b
> 1   c
>
> Maybe SQLite can do it or not, i don't know.  I've searched using Google and 
> found code for a few different implementations but they are for other 
> dialects of SQL.  Here's a link to one such function i found:
>
> http://www.logiclabz.com/sql-server/split-function-in-sql-server-to-break-comma-separated-strings-into-table.aspx
>
> Would that work with SQLite?
>
> On Aug 24, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Igor Tandetnik wrote:
>
>> On 8/24/2011 9:36 PM, Gregory Moore wrote:
>>> Thanks for answering!  Can this not be added as a function?
>> What parameters would such a function take, and more interestingly, what
>> would its return value be?
>> -- 
>> Igor Tandetnik
>>
>>
>> Gregory Moore
>> thewatchful...@gmail.com
>>
lurker here, but felt compelled, and my apologies in advance, but ....

Isn't this more a function of whatever language you are using and not a 
SQLite issue?
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