Passing array as Parameter to SQL 2005 stored procedure

Question

How to pass array as parameter to a Store Procedure in SQL Server 2005, i this is not possible SQL server 2000, so we pass comma separated values in past.

any help a

Answer 1

This is still the case with Sql Server 2005.

You make use of the XML type

XML Support in Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Here is an example of how to split a string into rows using the XML data type

DECLARE @textXML XML
DECLARE @data NVARCHAR(MAX), 
        @delimiter NVARCHAR(5)

SELECT  @data = 'A,B,C',
        @delimiter = ','

SELECT    @textXML = CAST('' + REPLACE(@data, @delimiter, '') + '' AS XML)
SELECT  T.split.value('.', 'nvarchar(max)') AS data
FROM    @textXML.nodes('/d') T(split)