Using T-SQL, return nth delimited element from a string

Question

I have a need to create a function the will return nth element of a delimited string.

For a data migration project, I am converting JSON audit records stored in a S

Answer 1

I would rather create a temp table with an identity column and fill it up with output from the SPLIT function.

  CREATE TABLE #tblVals(Id INT IDENTITY(1,1), Val NVARCHAR(100))
  INSERT INTO #tblVals (Val)
  SELECT [value] FROM STRING_SPLIT('Val1-Val3-Val2-Val5', '-')
  SELECT * FROM #tblVals

Now you can easily do something like below.

DECLARE @val2 NVARCHAR(100) = (SELECT TOP 1 Val FROM #tblVals WHERE Id = 2)

See the snapshot below: