Function resembling the work of Explode in MySQL

Question

Is there any function in MySQL to explode data of a column and then retrieve it? Like if a column data is P:12 , then can the data be exploded on \':\' and then read?

Answer 1

You can write a Split function in MYSQL check this link

From the Link

CREATE FUNCTION SPLIT_STR(
  x VARCHAR(255),
  delim VARCHAR(12),
  pos INT
)

RETURNS VARCHAR(255)
RETURN REPLACE(SUBSTRING(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos),
       LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos -1)) + 1),
       delim, '');

Usage

SELECT SPLIT_STR(string, delimiter, position)

Example

SELECT SPLIT_STR('a|bb|ccc|dd', '|', 3) as third;

+-------+
| third |
+-------+
| ccc   |
+-------+