Split a string into individual characters in Sql Server 2005

Question

Hi I have an input as

ID  data
1   hello
2   sql

The desired output being

ID  RowID  Chars
1    1     H
1    2     e
1            


        

Answer 1

;with cte as
(
  select ID,
         substring(data, 1, 1) as Chars,
         stuff(data, 1, 1, '') as data,
         1 as RowID
  from @t
  union all
  select ID,
         substring(data, 1, 1) as Chars,
         stuff(data, 1, 1, '') as data,
         RowID + 1 as RowID
  from cte
  where len(data) > 0
)
select ID, RowID, Chars
from cte
order by ID, RowID