How to Split String by Character into Separate Columns in SQL Server

Question

I have one field in SQL Server containing section, township and range information, each separated by dashes; for example: 18-84-7. I\'d like to have this infor

Answer 1

Its better to replace the second section answered by BWS by this one :

select SUBSTRING(dat,CHARINDEX('-', dat) + 1,LEN(dat) - CHARINDEX('-', dat) - CHARINDEX('-', REVERSE(dat)) ) from myTable.