How to split string and insert values into table in SQL Server

Question

I have a string like this:

72594206916,2,1/2/08,Tacoma,WA:72594221856,5,5/7/13,San Francisco,CA:72594221871,99,12/30/12,Dallas,TX

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Answer 1

Something similar to what M.Ali gave above, but shorter:

Use [Database_Name]
Go;

 CREATE FUNCTION Split
(
@RowData nvarchar(MAX),
@SplitOn nvarchar(MAX)
)  
RETURNS @RtnValue table 
(
Data nvarchar(MAX)
) 
AS  
BEGIN 
Declare @Cnt int
Set @Cnt = 1

While (Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)>0)
Begin
    Insert Into @RtnValue (data)
    Select 
        Data = ltrim(rtrim(Substring(@RowData,1,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)-1)))

    Set @RowData = Substring(@RowData,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)+1,len(@RowData))
    Set @Cnt = @Cnt + 1
End

Insert Into @RtnValue (data)
Select Data = ltrim(rtrim(@RowData))

Return
END

Then select from the function as in the above example:

USE [Database_Name]
GO
declare @testString varchar(100)
set @testString = '72594206916,2,1/2/08,Tacoma,WA:72594221856,5,5/7/13,San   Francisco,CA:72594221871,99,12/30/12,Dallas,TX'

SELECT * FROM Split(@testString, ',')