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 know this is old post.. but thought following may help others.

I used following approach to split the given string.

SELECT TRIM(ITEM) AS ITEM FROM TABLE(.SF_SPLIT(I_INPUTLIST=>'AA|BB|CC|DD|EE|EE|FF', I_DELIMITER=>'|')) AS T;

SF_SPLIT is the User defined SQL function and below is definition:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION .SF_SPLIT(

    I_INPUTLIST VARCHAR(8000) 
  , I_DELIMITER VARCHAR(3)    

) 
RETURNS TABLE (ITEM VARCHAR(8000))

LANGUAGE SQL

RETURN

WITH R1 (ITEM, REMINDER) AS 

(SELECT SUBSTR(I_INPUTLIST, 1, LOCATE(I_DELIMITER, I_INPUTLIST)-1) AS ITEM, 

SUBSTR(I_INPUTLIST, LOCATE(I_DELIMITER, I_INPUTLIST)+1, LENGTH(I_INPUTLIST)) REMINDER

FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1

UNION ALL

SELECT SUBSTR(REMINDER, 1, LOCATE(I_DELIMITER, REMINDER)-1) AS ITEM, 
SUBSTR(REMINDER, LOCATE(I_DELIMITER, REMINDER)+1, LENGTH(REMINDER)) REMINDER 

FROM R1 WHERE LOCATE(I_DELIMITER, REMINDER) > 0

UNION ALL

SELECT SUBSTR(REMINDER, LOCATE(I_DELIMITER, REMINDER)+1, LENGTH(REMINDER)) AS ITEM,

'' AS REMINDER FROM R1 WHERE REMINDER <> '' AND LOCATE(I_DELIMITER, REMINDER) = 0

)

SELECT ITEM FROM R1;