How can I select from list of values in SQL Server

Question

I have very simple problem that I can\'t solve. I need to do something like this:

select distinct * from (1, 1, 1, 2, 5, 1, 6).

Anybody can

Answer 1

I know this is a pretty old thread, but I was searching for something similar and came up with this.

Given that you had a comma-separated string, you could use string_split

select distinct value from string_split('1, 1, 1, 2, 5, 1, 6',',')

This should return

1
2
5
6

String split takes two parameters, the string input, and the separator character.

you can add an optional where statement using value as the column name

select distinct value from string_split('1, 1, 1, 2, 5, 1, 6',',')
where value > 1

produces

2
5
6