Comma Separated values in Oracle

Question

I have a column with comma separated values like 6,7,99.3334.

I need write a PL SQL procedure that will give me these values separately. The Length of t

Answer 1

Here is a view that will split the CSV column into multiple rows:

CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW your_view AS
SELECT tt.ID, SUBSTR(value, sp, ep-sp) split, other_col1, other_col2...
  FROM (SELECT id, value
             , INSTR(','||value, ',', 1, L) sp  -- 1st posn of substr at this level
             , INSTR(value||',', ',', 1, L) ep  -- posn of delimiter at this level
          FROM tt JOIN (SELECT LEVEL L FROM dual CONNECT BY LEVEL < 20) q -- 20 is max #substrings
                    ON LENGTH(value)-LENGTH(REPLACE(value,','))+1 >= L 
) qq JOIN tt on qq.id = tt.id;

where tt is your table.

Works for csv values longer than 1 or null. The CONNECT BY LEVEL < 20 is arbitrary, adjust for your situation.

To illustrate:

    SQL> CREATE TABLE tt (ID INTEGER, c VARCHAR2(20), othercol VARCHAR2(20));

    Table created
    SQL> INSERT INTO tt VALUES (1, 'a,b,c', 'val1');

    1 row inserted
    SQL> INSERT INTO tt VALUES (2, 'd,e,f,g', 'val2');

    1 row inserted
    SQL> INSERT INTO tt VALUES (3, 'a,f', 'val3');

    1 row inserted
    SQL> INSERT INTO tt VALUES (4,'aa,bbb,cccc', 'val4');

    1 row inserted
    SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW myview AS
      2  SELECT tt.ID, SUBSTR(c, sp, ep-sp+1) splitval, othercol
      3    FROM (SELECT ID
      4               , INSTR(','||c,',',1,L) sp, INSTR(c||',',',',1,L)-1 ep
      5            FROM tt JOIN (SELECT LEVEL L FROM dual CONNECT BY LEVEL < 20) q
      6                      ON LENGTH(c)-LENGTH(REPLACE(c,','))+1 >= L
      7  ) q JOIN tt ON q.id =tt.id;

    View created
    SQL> select * from myview order by 1,2;

                                     ID SPLITVAL             OTHERCOL
--------------------------------------- -------------------- --------------------
                                      1 a                    val1
                                      1 b                    val1
                                      1 c                    val1
                                      2 d                    val2
                                      2 e                    val2
                                      2 f                    val2
                                      2 g                    val2
                                      3 a                    val3
                                      3 f                    val3
                                      4 aa                   val4
                                      4 bbb                  val4
                                      4 cccc                 val4

12 rows selected

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