I have tried some trials and can't figure it out yet. Any help would be appreciated.
I have a table like below.
LocationID Project Name
1 A,A
1 A
1 A,B,C
1 A,C
1 B,C
1 C
2 A
2 C,D,E
2 E,F
2 F
3 G,H
3 H
The result I am looking for is. It removes all the repeatings and keep only distinct values with their associated ID.
LocationID Project Name
1 A
1 B
1 C
2 A
2 C
2 D
2 E
2 F
3 G
3 H
I tried to count the number of commas by (len(replace(@ProjectNames, ','))
Using split function from http://www.logiclabz.com/sql-server/split-function-in-sql-server-to-break-comma-separated-strings-into-table.aspx
However, still no luck.. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
declare @T table(LocationID int, PName varchar(50))
insert into @T values
(1, 'A,A'),
(1, 'A'),
(1, 'A,B,C'),
(1, 'A,C'),
(1, 'B,C'),
(1, 'C'),
(2, 'A'),
(2, 'C,D,E'),
(2, 'E,F'),
(2, 'F'),
(3, 'G,H'),
(3, 'H')
select distinct
T.LocationID,
r.value('.', 'varchar(50)') as [Project Name]
from @T as T
cross apply
(select cast('<r>'+replace(PName, ',', '</r><r>')+'</r>' as xml)) as x(x)
cross apply
x.nodes('r') as r(r)