How to split a string value based on a delimiter in DB2

Question

How do you split a string value in DB2?

For example, given the value:

CHG-FFH.

I want to split on the dash (-), which would resul

Answer 1

I needed to use instr, substr, trim, and messed with locate as well.. but instr, and substr are all supported. You can find a pattern. I had to go through a varchar split with ' - ' and needed to find the end and go back from there.

           select  itn, 
           substr(Message, 1 , locate(' - ', Message)) FIRST_SSR,  
           SUBSTR(Message , instr( message, ' - ', octets)+1, (instr( 
            message, '(Ref', octets)+1)) SECOND_STR ,
           Message
              from
         (
   select p.itn itn, 
          substr(p.msg,  instr( p.msg, ' - ' , octets)+21) Message
    from itnpad p
    where p.msg like '%MR - Multiple Requests%'

       ) A